Dutch King Again Defends Holiday Trip to Greece Days Into Netherlands Covid Lockdown
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According to King Willem-Alexander, part of the discussion about the royal couple's autumn holiday in Greece during the coronavirus pandemic "always" falls away. "We shouldn't have gone to Greece, but it wasn't forbidden. But that part always falls away from the discussion," he said Tuesday during a visit to Flevoland.
Dutch King again defends holiday trip to Greece days into Netherlands Covid lockdown
King Willem-Alexander again defended a holiday he and his family took to Greece in October 2020, just days after the Netherlands entered into a partial lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The lockdown included the strong advice not to travel unless absolutely necessary.
Social: Being king is great fun, of course. A bit like being chauffeured around in horse-drawn carriages and stretched Audis, a bit like vacationing on your speedboat in Greece, a bit like lying there, staring at four footmen and portraits of all your ancestors. Wonderful. Until you realize that being king also means having a good time on a rainy Tuesday afternoon at the De Kubus Cultural Center in Lelystad, where you're greeted by a crazy, oran…
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