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It was the vice-prime minister that did the weekly press conference on Friday. He didn't know but apparently the prime minister himself did know. Based on what happened, the press concludes that the pm must have underestimated the situation as well because otherwise he should at least have informed his vice-pm who is his main partner (as minister of Public Health) in the Covid-19 approach.It certainly does right? Even the PM didn't know they were going to Greece. I thought Monarchs had to "cooperate" with PMs, not in a political sense, but in a general sense of discussing what is happening in the country. I though WA had to inform the PM of their activities, including holidays.
Maybe WA and Maxima wanted a different approach to have more freedom? I don't know what are the agreements between the two parties, but it really does seem as if WA doesn't care about what the PM says. To me, and maybe to others, it seems WA wants to live the life he wants without having anybody tell him something. This gives a bad image, as it seems he "abuses" of his power as Monarch.
Representatives of various parties are asking why the pm did not prevent this from happening. And the press is currently speculating how the decision to return was made: was it kind of forced upon the king and queen or did they themselves somewhat see the light. Their press release doesn't show much self-reflection, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was the pm who strongly advised them to return asap to reduce the damage. So far, he hasn't said anything.