Princess Margarita & Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn, News 1 (February 2003-February 2008)

[Alexandria]

I don't know how things work in The Netherlands, but in the good 'ol USofA, when people lie about you for attention, you can sue them under the slander/libel laws. Also, there are laws against blackmailing and fraud. Isn't there some legal recourse for the RF to dispose of this guy??? In the USA, this guy would be in prison and have all his money taken away.

I think that it's a bit of a two-edge sword for the royal family, I would think at least from the Queen's perspective. While Willem and Maxima and Caroline of Ernst have been known to sue and win against paparazzi images of them being bought and published in magazines, I think the situation with Edwin is slightly different, even if what he has done (recording private conversations, et. al.) is obviously wrong.

To sue him would mean that more of this nasty business would come to the light as his side would get a podium (no doubt with great media interest) to air their dirt, true or not, all in the process of getting to the truth. And I think the last thing the Queen and the royal family wants is to give Edwin more of a stage.

To sue him or take any further action against Edwin would also no doubt put Princess Margarita in a negative light as she was married to him. And as it seems that Princess Margarita has come back to the family fold, I doubt they would want her to be hurt anymore than she already is.

And from what I've learned from being in the media, even if the royal family tries to shut Edwin down by legal recourse or socially to shut him out, there will always be those in the public who are curious and will want to hear Edwin's torrid details whether they are true or not. And if Edwin should get to write this two books as he so plans, there would be a big audience for those books that could just further damage the royal family.

But I do agree that something (I don't know what) has/should be done to stop Edwin. I am not at liberty to make a judgement about his mental health, but in the least I can say that he definitely seems like a man determined and bent on revenge for what (allegedly) he thinks the royal family has done to him.

 

[Marengo]

Thanks Alexandria, an excellent post, with which I agree completely. In my anger I called Edwin several not to flattering names, but the truth is that legally the guy is still sane.
And the families policy throughout the first Margarita was to give it as little public attention as possible. Undoubtebly they will do the same this time.

 

[Marengo]

Apparently 'De Telegraaf' will have more revelations tomorrow (friday). I hope the newspaper is not changing their attitude to Edwin. They usually referred to him as 'fake baron' and now they are using the more respectfull Dr. de Roy van Zuijdewijn. And they were also very good in digging up dirt from Edwins past, for example former schoolmates/girlfriends/collegues who talked about Edwin stalking them/lying etc.

 

[Maxie]

OMG, is Edwin back on track? One would think he'd had enough attention by now.

 

[Marengo]

he probably wants a financial settlement with his wife which is more adventagious to him. And maybe revenge on his wife for getting custody of their dog Paco (which became a national gag).

 

[Marengo]

Here thursdays article from www.telegraaf.nl (in dutch):

'Bom onder de monarchie'

De Roy kondigt met veel tumult boek aan
door Jan-Kees Emmer en Joost de Haas
AMSTERDAM - Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn komt mogelijk al in de eerste helft van komend jaar met zijn 'bom onder de monarchie'.

Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn laat weer van zich horen.Het boek, waar hij nu de laatste hand aanlegt, bevat volgens zijn advocaat mr. Pim de Vos nieuw, explosief materiaal.
De raadsman spreekt van schandalen die in het belang van de samenleving openbaar gemaakt moeten worden. Het gaat daarbij volgens De Vos onder meer om zaken die de kern raken van het functioneren van ons staatshoofd, koningin Beatrix.
De Roy maakt onder meer gebruik van geluidsopnames die dateren van medio 2001 toen hij zich tegengewerkt voelde door de koninklijke familie en in het geniep de bewijzen daarvan probeerde te verzamelen. "De Roy heeft genoeg materiaal voor minstens twee boeken. Hij onderhandelt nu ook over uitgave in het buitenland", aldus advocaat De Vos. Als het toch nog goed komt met Margarita, zal De Roy afzien van de meest pijnlijke onthullingen, zo heeft hij aan insiders laten weten. Maar dat het huwelijk nog te redden is, lijkt vrijwel uitgesloten.

Some comments on the website of 'De Telegraaf' by readers who call him 'creep' and 'loser' and accuse him of blackmailing is wife: http://www.telegraaf.nl/uwtelegraaf/watuzegt/article31020541.ece

 

[Maxie]

Here thursdays article from www.telegraaf.nl (in dutch):

'Bom onder de monarchie'

De Roy kondigt met veel tumult boek aan
door Jan-Kees Emmer en Joost de Haas
AMSTERDAM - Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn komt mogelijk al in de eerste helft van komend jaar met zijn 'bom onder de monarchie'.

Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn laat weer van zich horen.Het boek, waar hij nu de laatste hand aanlegt, bevat volgens zijn advocaat mr. Pim de Vos nieuw, explosief materiaal.
De raadsman spreekt van schandalen die in het belang van de samenleving openbaar gemaakt moeten worden. Het gaat daarbij volgens De Vos onder meer om zaken die de kern raken van het functioneren van ons staatshoofd, koningin Beatrix.
De Roy maakt onder meer gebruik van geluidsopnames die dateren van medio 2001 toen hij zich tegengewerkt voelde door de koninklijke familie en in het geniep de bewijzen daarvan probeerde te verzamelen. "De Roy heeft genoeg materiaal voor minstens twee boeken. Hij onderhandelt nu ook over uitgave in het buitenland", aldus advocaat De Vos. Als het toch nog goed komt met Margarita, zal De Roy afzien van de meest pijnlijke onthullingen, zo heeft hij aan insiders laten weten. Maar dat het huwelijk nog te redden is, lijkt vrijwel uitgesloten.

Thanks Marengo. I'm especially interested why he said stupid things like 'if it all ends up well with Margarita, I won't reveal the worst stories in my book' as he told his insiders (if this is true...which I doubt). Sounds like some good old fashioned blackmailing to me. That man is just a sad fellow. I suggest we don't give him too much attention... he's just not worth it.

 

[Alexandria]

Apparently 'De Telegraaf' will have more revelations tomorrow (friday). I hope the newspaper is not changing their attitude to Edwin. They usually referred to him as 'fake baron' and now they are using the more respectfull Dr. de Roy van Zuijdewijn.

I wonder if De Telegraaf is just feeding public interest in printing these revelations rather than changing their tune about Edwin? This drama of Edwin/Margarita, and now without Margarita, has played out for several years now and has been brought back to the public attention again. (A very sad and sorry cap off to the Queen's banner Silver Jubilee year I must say.)

Hard to think that anyone who's watched this sitaution unfold could change their opinon of Edwin from bad to respectful or good in any manner.

And they were also very good in digging up dirt from Edwins past, for example former schoolmates/girlfriends/collegues who talked about Edwin stalking them/lying etc.

Does this man have any redeeming qualities? He's been accused of stalking and lying, too?

What is Edwin's family take on all this? I presume that he's alienated himself from them, too. At this point his lawyers must be his only friends.

And how was it that Margarita met Edwin anyway?

 

[azile]

I get the idea, from other posts in this thread, that most people in the Netherlands find Edwin intolerable. Is this true?

If so, who would read his book anyway?

If he does get something published, it would be wonderful if all contributors on this forum would agree to "boycott" it. It sounds like this man has nothing worth hearing and there is NO point giving him any regard.

Eliza

 

[SpiffyBallerina]

The problem is, even if it's all lies, it's still very unfair to Her Majesty to have to endure this terrible man. Princess Marg should do something - she got her family into this mess so it's her turn to get them out of it.

 

[kelly9480]

Margarita has, rightfully, washed her hands of him and the whole mess. There's no way for the Oranges to get out of this without messy lawsuits, so let the fool spout his nonsense and get ridiculed once again. Litigation would only make him more hostile.

 

[Marengo]

And here the promissed news, Margarita gave her DNA material to her husband in 2003! Now how the .... Edwin wants to prove that she is not a descendant of King WIllem III but of Joonkheer Roell is beyond me.

The article from www.telegraaf.nl:

Prinses Margarita stond haar dna af
door Jan-Kees Emmer en Joost de Haas
AMSTERDAM - Prinses Margarita blijkt een haarlok, speeksel en een kledingstuk te hebben afgestaan in een poging via dna-onderzoek te bewijzen dat koningin Beatrix geen wettig staatshoofd zou zijn.

Het dna-monster van Margarita wordt bewaard op een geheime locatie voor nader onderzoek in een laboratorium. Het dna is door de prinses welbewust en vrijwillig afgestaan.
Dat wordt bevestigd door dna-onderzoeker Peter Nugter en advocaat mr. Pim de Vos, die Margarita's bijna ex-echtgenoot Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn bijstaan. Volgens De Vos heeft de prinses het materiaal overhandigd na adviezen te hebben ingewonnen van diverse hoogleraren.
De onderzoeker Nugter, bekend als voorman van de Republikeinse Socialisten, verklaart dat tot het dna-onderzoek werd besloten tijdens een bespreking in de zomer van 2003 op het toenmalige kasteel van het echtpaar in Zuid-Frankrijk.

 

[Marengo]

Does this man have any redeeming qualities? He's been accused of stalking and lying, too?

What is Edwin's family take on all this? I presume that he's alienated himself from them, too. At this point his lawyers must be his only friends.

And how was it that Margarita met Edwin anyway?

Well, his redeeming qualities are unknown to the general public. There are so many stories about him, trying to force entry and yelling at the door of a girl at an english university, yelling beneath the window of an ex-girlfriend who dumped him, business partners who says that all the guy can do is talk, but all his businesses fail. Of course we could all see him yelling at his bride after the wedding in France. Just before he was interviewed by televisionprogramme Nova he had a fight over the telephone with his wife in which he was swearing loudly while banging his head against the wall (!) etc etc.

His mother and sister do not say anything in the press, and I wonder if he has any friends, accept the odd republican vulchar who wants to use him in their smearing campaign.

Edwin and Margarita met in a gym. According to him he didn't know who she was, but former friends say he knew it perfectly well, and he actually enrolled in that gym with the purpose of meeting her.

 

[Maxie]

I get the idea, from other posts in this thread, that most people in the Netherlands find Edwin intolerable. Is this true?

If so, who would read his book anyway?

If he does get something published, it would be wonderful if all contributors on this forum would agree to "boycott" it. It sounds like this man has nothing worth hearing and there is NO point giving him any regard.

Eliza

I think almost everybody in the Netherlands is tired of Edwin and his nonsense, I think I can safely promise you never to read that book, because I think it would bore me to death...

And here the promissed news, Margarita gave her DNA material to her husband in 2003! Now how the .... Edwin wants to prove that she is not a descendant of King WIllem III but of Joonkheer Roell is beyond me.

I find Edwin has a lot of fantasy, maybe we can persuade him to start writing a detective to make a living, so he doesn't need to steal other people's money with spreading infamous nonsense...

 

[susan alicia]

do not understand what real difference it would make,

all firstborns were female and became queens and if one of them slept with a Mr. Roëll then -as far as I can reason- Beatrix still is the queen, she only has a different male ancestor.

 

[Squidgy]

he probably wants a financial settlement with his wife which is more adventagious to him. And maybe revenge on his wife for getting custody of their dog Paco (which became a national gag).

All I can say, is thank God there was only a dog involved & not children.

I must admit I can't figure out how Margarita was vulnerable enough to hook up with such a loser as Edwin - especially coming from a family with such strong female role models?? But such are the mysteries of love, I guess. I suppose that while courting her, he was able to put on a convincing act of being a decent man. I imagine she is wondering herself how she could have fallen for Edwin and I do feel badly for her.

Is he really implying that if Margarita comes back to him, he will stop talking publicly about the family? I guess it looks better to appear to be motivated by love, rather than say, greed (for money and for power). Frankly, I hope he is doing all of this simply to get a better financial settlement. Because if he is doing it because he is obsessed with controlling Margarita, then he is indeed a very scary, perhaps even dangerous, person.

 

[SpiffyBallerina]

This guy is sick. He should be locked up for his and everyone else's good.

 

[Squidgy]

This guy is sick. He should be locked up for his and everyone else's good.

Kind of makes you long for the days many centuries ago when a monarch could just order such a pest to be disposed of.

 

[Alexandria]

I must admit I can't figure out how Margarita was vulnerable enough to hook up with such a loser as Edwin - especially coming from a family with such strong female role models?? But such are the mysteries of love, I guess. I suppose that while courting her, he was able to put on a convincing act of being a decent man. I imagine she is wondering herself how she could have fallen for Edwin and I do feel badly for her.

I sort of equate this dysfunctional relationship as one similar to when a spouse is being abused and in such situations, the one partner (usually but not always) the wife is isolated from everyone else who loves her. I gather that living away in France with the core of her family in the Netherlands, Edwin was able to isolate Margarita into believing that her family didn't care about her and that the was the only one who did. It's a sick, psychological game. And with Margarita so vulnerable and feeling so alone, Edwin had endless ways to manipulate her and she was susceptible to it.

Fortunately, Margarita was able to escape Edwin.

And thank Marengo for the answering my questions. Some of those anecdotes about Edwin are downright scary. What sane individual bangs their head against a wall or yells at their new wife publicly?

 

[kelly9480]

I'm not surprised Margarita was vulnerable enough to end up with him. She had very selfish parents who put their own needs ahead of their children's (her mother even told Carolina that she shouldn't have had kids because they forced her to postpone living her own life). Growing up in a house where your mother, a strong, if eccentric, woman who is in no way maternal and a father obsessed with gaining an already-occupied throne couldn't have been good for the children. While her siblings seem to have escaped their childhoods, Margarita may be a different, more sensitive, more vulnerable personality, and unable to completely dismiss her childhood and move on with her life. Edwin didn't make Margarita vulnerable, he made use of already-present vulnerabilities.

 

[Squidgy]

Thanks for the thoughtful posts Alexandria and Kelly9480.

I admit I know little about Irene and Carlos Hugo, but I agree with you Kelly9480 that something happened in that family to make Margarita vulnerable to a predator like Edwin. It does seem that Irene & Carlos Hugo were too absorbed in their own lives to offer much to their children. And Alexandria made an excellent point about Edwin isolating Margarita from her family & friends so that he would have more control over her.

Maybe someone who knows more about Irene can help out here. I could never figure out if, that by marrying Carlos Hugo, she was an ambitious woman hoping to be Queen of Spain one day or whether, like her daughter, she was simply vulnerable & fell under her husband's spell.

By the way, Wikipedia gives an interesting account of Irene's marriage, although I'm not sure how accurate it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Irene_of_the_Netherlands

 

[Charlotte1]

Thanks for the thoughtful posts Alexandria and Kelly9480.

I admit I know little about Irene and Carlos Hugo, but I agree with you Kelly9480 that something happened in that family to make Margarita vulnerable to a predator like Edwin. It does seem that Irene & Carlos Hugo were too absorbed in their own lives to offer much to their children. And Alexandria made an excellent point about Edwin isolating Margarita from her family & friends so that he would have more control over her.

Maybe someone who knows more about Irene can help out here. I could never figure out if, that by marrying Carlos Hugo, she was an ambitious woman hoping to be Queen of Spain one day or whether, like her daughter, she was simply vulnerable & fell under her husband's spell.

I don't think either was the case. Irene simply was someone who met a man she fell in love with, it was Carlos Hugo's parents who were the more ambitious as far as wanting him to succeed to the throne and they really pushed for the marriage. ( There was prestige in the fact that Irene was the daughter of a reigning monarch) They also totally antagonised Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard when they came to the Netherlands as they made themselves at home in the Dutch palaces. Irene and Carlos Hugo didn't have children for 6 years after they were married and during the 1960's enjoyed being part of the European jetset. ( After it was more than apparent that the Spanish throne would go to Juan Carlos) Irene and CH's first child was born in 1970 so undoubtably by the time they had children they were ready for them although the marriage was over by 1980, but Irene and CH remained on such good terms that Carlos Hugo is invited to all the Dutch family celebrations such as weddings. ( Unlike Princess Christina's former husband who was totally cut off, he also was very controlling and demeaning to his wife)

Irene's and CH's other children have not turned out to be such sensitive souls as Margarita, her twin Jaime works for Dutch foreign office and in the last few years has had postings in Kabul and Baghdad. Her younger sister Maria Carolina has worked in the Middle East I think in Palestinian refugee camps. Brother Carlos works in finance in Brussels, Margarita was more artistic and trained to be an Interior designer. (Carlos' other claim to notoriety was that in 1997 he agreed to father a child with a former girlfriend who wanted a child. He called it his 'gift' the agreement they came to was that he would not officially recognise this child as his. He may not even have any contact with the boy, also named Carlos)

 

[Mandrake]

What surprises me is that there is a lot of attention for the romanov connection. The popular press mentioned that beatrix refused to cooperate with DNA research about the romanov family because was 'afraid' that the investigation would prove that Wilhelmina didn't descend from the Romanov's, so we could conclude that she wasn't a daughter from King Willem III. Everyone forgets that Prince Hendrik, father of queen Juliana and husband of queen Wilhelmina also was a descendant of the Romanov's, his great-grandmother was a sister of Anna Pavlovna the grandmother of Wilhelmina.

On the BRMB a well informed poster mentioned that the DNA-researchers hired by de Roy want to prove that Wilhelmina isn't a daughter from Queen Emma........ do they ever stop with the nonsense?

 

[Marengo]

Very strange news indeed!!! They are trying to make Wilhelmina some kind of dutch Moses (or Mosefina in this case)? Anyway, the lawyer that wass contacted by the dutch poster (Henri M) who posted this on the Benelux Royals MB definately said that Wilhelmina was not the daughter of Jhr. De Rantiz, so that nonsense is settled. Wilhelmina resembled her mother so much, I find this story very, very unlikely. And even when it is 'proven', it will be considered so shady that nobody will believe it anyway.
The (few) republicans are really desparate that they do not have any other material to 'fight' the RF on, so they invent things like this.

 

[susan alicia]

republicans (the dutch ones) are not the desperate kind, they are usually very rational and intelligent.

The only ones who are interested in this rather sordid and sad story are monarchists.

Very strange news indeed!!! They are trying to make Wilhelmina some kind of dutch Moses (or Mosefina in this case)? Anyway, the lawyer that wass contacted by the dutch poster (Henri M) who posted this on the Benelux Royals MB definately said that Wilhelmina was not the daughter of Jhr. De Rantiz, so that nonsense is settled. Wilhelmina resembled her mother so much, I find this story very, very unlikely. And even when it is 'proven', it will be considered so shady that nobody will believe it anyway.
The (few) republicans are really desparate that they do not have any other material to 'fight' the RF on, so they invent things like this.

 

[Marengo]

What is so intelligent of getting DNA samples to prove that Wilhelmina is not the daughter of Emma?
I agree that usually they are intelligent and base their opinion on facts and principles, but this action is just to weird.

 

[susan alicia]

as I understand it it was margarita who allowed a sample to be taken from her and I disagree with the posting of alexandria in # 79 where the story seems a bit like little red riding hood and the big bad wolf. The moment she participated it was plain that a bit of moral fiber is lacking in that woman. It does not matter that her parents are divorced etc. as other members seem to think. she has been surrounded by many wonderful people while growing up and has had good examples in her life and I think the main responsibility of what is happening now lies with her.

What is so intelligent of getting DNA samples to prove that Wilhelmina is not the daughter of Emma?
I agree that usually they are intelligent and base their opinion on facts and principles, but this action is just to weird.

 

[Princess_Beatrix]

I just read in a german magazine ( ), that there is a book written by a dutch journalist released in the netherlands, where he's speculating if willem alexander is the son of beatrix and claus.
He's writing about a guy called richard leakey from africa who looks like alex, and who could be the father of the prince....
is this really true? is this book existing?

I just cannot belive. This are such silly rumors by that autor....
Willem Alexander looks so much like his father claus......

I hate those writers who make stupid rumors just to become famous.
does anyone know anything about this author?

 

[crisiñaki]

Why almost every paternity demand is in the Netherlands or the UK?
You never hear things like that in Norway, Spain or Belgium for example

 

[Marengo]

[FONT=verdana, arial]Did anybody else see Edwin de Roy on television yesterday at 'Barend en van Dorp'? Apparently he was summoned by his wife & the sollicitor, Mr. Kemper to give back the tapes, which are considered property of the Princess. He alse has to deny that she ever gave any DNA-samples. Edwin has a weblog now where he shows this letter and his reply: www.hypocrietofniet.nl[/FONT]
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He was vague about any offers of money that were made and he stated again that he wanted his wife back. According to his own words he is doing everything for the benefit of the country.[/FONT]

Today Margarita apologised again to her family, for betraying their trust. She said she behaved very badly, in dutch:

http://www.nu.nl/news/684233/63/Margarita%3A_ik_gedroeg_me_onbehoorlijk.html