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Originally Posted by The Watcher
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I have to disagree with some of you reg. Beatrix's tone and attitude as represented by the transcript of the tape (which experts seem to agree on is the real deal).
Yes I do think that Edwin is a delusional, self important freak, and I also believe that that is and was the initial reason/ground for the Orange family to not take a shine to him.
However, all the same: the tone of Beatrix in this transcript towards her niece is very very patronizing. Condescending even. Beatrix clearly sees herself as the parent reprimanding the non-conformist child. She doesn't in other words, for most of the conversation, take Margarita seriously. Which I think is very disrespectful.
Moreover, it's clear that QB for most of the conversation, instead of reacting to the accusations and allegations of Margarita, chooses the strategy of personal and on-the-person attack, as to, one could argue, distract from the main issue: was Margaritha cum husband ever harrassed by the Queen's own office, or not? That was the issue. But QB sidesteps it again and again in this conversation. For example, to quote from the excerpt:
"Princess Margarita:
I can prove all this.
Queen Beatrix:
Proofs? If you can not spell the name of Rhodius for once, and that is no chef of the Cabinet [the Kabinet der Koningin, the Queen's Office / HM] but the director of the Cabinet."
Very condescending. As if the fact that Margaritha misspels a name, would indicate that she is wrong on all other accounts, too. (This by te way is a typical conversational tactic when someone isn't able to provide a decent counter-argument in a conversation: they then resort to playing it on the person, as they say. That's what Beatrix did.)
Now, I'm not saying anything here against Beatrix per se. She is in my opinion the best and most professional member of the DRF.
But at the same time, it has turned out as fact that Margaritha and de Roy were right on at least one point of accusation: There WAS an investigation by the gov. into them at some point.
The couple may have not been eavesdropped on, but it has been acknkowledged that there had been investigations into Edwin at least, even when there was no (security or other) reason to do so. Worse, Beatrix denied this, even though she was aware that the investigation (mild as it might have been, checking with Edwin's employers for example) had happened.
I think that this gave an already paranoid Margaritha more food for (sometimes delusional) thought.
In short: I think Beatrix, in this conversation is trying to distract from where the gov/B's office, did Margaritha wrong. And that's as sad as the paranoia by Edwin and Margaritha that followed it.