How is this a big deal? Most people in the Netherlands don't wear masks and seem to drastically underestimate the danger of COVID-19. in that light, the outrage about the royal family feels quite phony. Maybe some anti-royals push an agenda.
The thing is, that this is rapidly changing, and just this week, the weekly announcement from the prime-minister has set a lot of much more rigid measures than the week before (not to mention the period before that), reason is the nr of contaminations with covid are strongly on the rise and we want to avoid a total lock down if we can.
Currently these are some of measures taken:
- you can have max. 3 visitors in your house
- outdoors max 4 people together
- work from home unless it's really impossible
- bars and restaurants are closed (takeaway or food delivery is possible)
- travel as little as possible, always wear a facial mask
- facial mask mandatory in stores, no sale of alcohol after 8 pm, separate store openingtimes for elderly
these weeks have the autumn holiday week for many dutch citizens, but with travelling in the country strongly discouraged and travelling to a neighbouring country like Belgium isn't allowed for holidays, many people have to come to terms with spending another vacation at home.
Travelling to Greece currently has an "orange advice" from the dutch government, meaning only travel when necessary and on return 10 days in quarantine at home.
so yes, in that light the RF going to Greece is not a good sign and certainly not being a rolemodel to the people like the RF is supposed to be
