Scandalous reverence breach by HRH Mette-Marit

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I believe Queen Beatrix to the Dutch is like the family shame over an idiot child one hides away somewhere, and does not speak of in polite company.
 
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SW VandeCarr said:
EDIT: I'm still waiting to hear if Hobin knows The Netherlands has a reigning Queen. I know the royals keep a lower profile in The Netherlands than in the UK, but c'mon.
Who? :biggrin:

No, seriously, of course I do. I don't live under a rock. I assumed people would take my comment as "talking about all those arbitrary protocols of royalty as if it's something to take seriously? In 2012?" Apparently, you didn't.

arildno said:
I believe Queen Beatrix to the Dutch is like the family shame over an idiot child one hides away somewhere, and does not speak of in polite company.
I have no idea where you get that idea. I'm not particularly fond of the idea of having a queen or a king, that's true, but most people in the Netherlands don't agree with me. Beatrix is - as far as I'm aware - popular among the public.
 


Hobin said:
I have no idea where you get that idea. I'm not particularly fond of the idea of having a queen or a king, that's true, but most people in the Netherlands don't agree with me. Beatrix is - as far as I'm aware - popular among the public.

In that case, most Dutch are lacking in taste. :smile:
 


Don't you people have anything better to do than fret over how one person you don't know greeted another person you don't know?
 


On the other hand a month or so ago there was a meeting not of two but of all the Presidents of all the European Republics (except the monarchical one, France). A glittering array of grey suits. You hadn't heard of it? I wonder why.