maria-olivia
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Yes , I forgot these attacks in live. Terrible!
I felt deeply, especially for the Pcss of Orange, at her first state opening of parliament! The protests looked and sounded horrendous. I cannot recall any worse protests at a royal event at so many spots along a royal route since about 40 years! I even felt the cheering even among monarchy friendly people and "Orange fans" were not particular loud, affectionate or enthusiastic!Eeerrrmmmm.... In 1980 she became Queen on the day Amsterdam saw the worst riots ever, in 2010 she had an object thrown to the Golden State Coach during the ceremonial procession on Prinsjesdag, earlier that year a madman caused mass panic and a stampede during the National Remembrance on May 4th, in 2009 there was an attack on her life on Queen's Day in which 7 people died and many wounded (an idiot tried to ram a panoramic autobus with the royal family, live on television).
The Government presents new plans. The King is head of Government. So the ceremonial events at Prinsjesdag are an excellent opportunity to show discontent with the Government.
And the discontent is very deep as the enormous agriculture industry in the Netherlands apparently feels substantially threatened by "woke green-left climate cuddlers" and a deep gap between "les Pays-Bas profonde" (the traditional rural Netherlands) and the majority living in densely populated urban areas becomes visible. The Randstad alone, a cluster of cities in the provinces Holland and Utrecht has 8,33 million inhabitants.
I felt deeply, especially for the Pcss of Orange, at her first state opening of parliament! The protests looked and sounded horrendous. I cannot recall any worse protests at a royal event at so many spots along a royal route since about 40 years! I even felt the cheering even among monarchy friendly people and "Orange fans" were not particular loud, affectionate or enthusiastic!
The riots in 1980, when Beatrix succeeded to the dutch throne, were NOT against the monarchy, but against rental politics of the then government! The mass panic in 2010 caused by a mad man was also not anti-royalist. And the attack you are refering to on Queen's Day in which 7 people died and many were wounded, was a rampage.
At this year´s Prinsjesdag, protests at the very processional route of the royal family and in front of the palace during the balcony appearance seems very anti-monarchists to me and not specifically against governmental decisions. Please do correct me if I`m weong! I even spotted a woman gesticulating her thumbs down demonstratively towards the coach of the King and Queen...
In these days there is much talk about the future of the monarchy in Britain. Seeing these scenes in The Hague I´m much more worried about the future of the dutch throne!
I'll say, the majority of the Dutch still love the House of Orange Nassau & its good & bad sites of history.
I'll say, the majority of the Dutch still love the House of Orange Nassau & its good & bad sites of history.