youtube.com/@TAndTGoDutch We will be hanging out with Tracey and Travis from T And T Go Dutch in Rotterdam on Koningsdag. They will be filming a vlog for their channel of our shenanigans from that day! Here is a link to their channel! If you are not subscribed to their great channel yet, please do so and make sure to hit the notifications button so you can see the video!❤❤

@TAndTGoDutch

Жыл бұрын

You guys are so nice!!!

@urbandiscount

Жыл бұрын

We're at Mariniersweg, so our Kiez is completely blocked. Everything on our doorstep....

@ioeee7563

Жыл бұрын

'shenanigans' betekent 'malle fratsen'. 😉

He has a podcast going on right now... Door de ogen van de Koning.

Another fun fact: when he was 18 yrs old, he participated in the Elfstedentocht. His mom (Queen Beatrix) stood at the finish line with all the other parents and family to welcome him. And he made it!

@gustavthemagician

Жыл бұрын

He only did the first and last few miles. A look-alike was waiting, changed places, and changed again just before the finish.

@tante_Ique

Жыл бұрын

@@gustavthemagician BS

@gerardflach2588

Жыл бұрын

@@gustavthemagician BS indeed

@mdeleeuw6272

Жыл бұрын

He participated under the name: W.A. van Buren (W.A. the Neighbours).

@astrid3252

Жыл бұрын

@@mdeleeuw6272 v Buren is a last name of his ancesters so it does not translate in neighbours 😉 Anna van Buren was married to William of Orange

Here is my own little anekdote about King Wim-Alex: In 1994 -1995 I did a racing course on the Zandvoort track. Every Saturday morning of the Winter season I drove with a old big engine Ford Taunus V6 2.3 Ghia to Zandvoort and got racing lessons by Tom and Tim Coronel (among others). One Saturday morning a guest pupil was invited to join a lesson. He drove a Citroën AX GT in racing kit and at that morning I could have changed history of the Netherlands... OK I did not of course and he is still alive. 😜😜

He was on “our” terrace once. Years ago. It was really early in the morning on a Sunday and we were the only ones in that place having coffee on that terrace. Him and another guy. We tried to not look and give him some privacy. On the terrace of hotel Hoog Soeren. 😊

Just moved to Rotterdam from Toronto, Canada and you guys have been such a comfort to me while integrating! Feels like home. Keep on goin'! :)

@helenooft9664

Жыл бұрын

Welcome in the Netherlands, and enjoy life.

@jandirkvanleeuwen

10 ай бұрын

Hi Shannon, and a warm welcome to the Netherlands. Get used to the Dutch way of life, enjoy life

Of course is 'our' Willem a fan of your channel. Every night he looks, secretly, if there is some new stuff and then he looks at it with the Queen 😉

He is called Alex bt his mother.. His nickname was prince pils when studying in Leiden at the University. Actually he will take the watertaxi at the Maashaven thursday. His visit starts in the Afrikaanderwijk. He can skate and bike. He is Dutch for Christ sake.

@sim-one

Жыл бұрын

Well… he might have other nationalities as well? Like his mother? Now Princess Beatrix, the Kings mother, also has an UK paspoort.

@RepstarVixen

Жыл бұрын

@@sim-one all dutch royal family have UK passports cause they are also part of the british royal family (though quite distant) the dutch king is 34th in the line of succesion for the british throne. He and Queen Elizabeth II are fifth cousins, twice removed thanks to their shared connection to Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

@Westcountrynordic

Жыл бұрын

@@RepstarVixen Not sure where you got your information from but Lady Davina Windsor is the 34th in line of succession and the Dutch king does not appear in the list of 60 people in line to the throne

@RepstarVixen

Жыл бұрын

@@Westcountrynordic must be an old list pre law change, he was removed due to marrying a catholic: Willem-Alexander has a (minimal) chance of winning the British throne again. He had been removed from the line of succession to the throne because of his marriage to a Catholic woman, but a change of law reverses this . In 2013, the British introduced some reforms to the law on succession to the throne. EDIT: it does seem i was wrong about him being 34th, google got a little confused which willem i meant 850 people have to die for the dutch king to become the british king as well

@Busfles984

Жыл бұрын

@@sim-one Princess Beatrix holds Dutch citizenship. Because of her direct descent from Princess Sophia van de Pals (AK in The UK as Sophia of Hanover), Beatrix (and her sisters ?) can claim British citizenship from birth based on the British Sophia Naturalization Act of 1705 which was repealed in 1948 by the British Nationality Act. A UK court must decide on the claim under that 1705 Act as Beatrix was born in 1938, ten years before repealment in 1948.

Once i walked into a shop in the Haughe and waited after a guy for my turn. The guy spoke about what a good present it is to bring hopjes and stroopwafels with you as a present when you go to another country. I recognized that because i do that too when I visit my USA family....and said, I do that too, best gift ever...the guy turned around and said......Alway a succes to bring those with you....and guess who it was ?....(then still prince) Willem Alexander.....and guess the name of the store...the notenkoning 😂😂😂 so now we call him king of the nuts😂 Loved this video and questions😂 have a great koningsdag and maybe you meet him in Rotterdam🎉😅

Eric & Tammy have a fantastic Koningsdag 🙂

It seems you two had a lot of fun making up these questions.

I know for a fact, I’m from the Hague and used to live very nearby his residential palace, that some people bring flowers to the palace. They are accepted by the guards.

Last December I was on a plane frome Greece to NL and there where these special Dutch security guys at the gate which seemed a bit weird. Before we left there was a last person comming on the plane but went to the cockpit and one of those security guys sat in the area where we sat. So it was kinda obvious someone important was on the plane. When we left the plane at Schiphol I asked the guy if it was the King and he sort of smiled and nodded ... He didn't say the King flew the plane but I think he probably did. So to your question: Yes he does secretly fly planes, but you are not being told he does, even afterwards (at least from my experience)

I love to see you both having so much fun! 😅

As one of the first subs I want to congratulate you (in advanced) for the 10k subscribers!! You guys really connect with the American-Dutch community and want to thank you for all the videos, effort, care and curiosity! Hug,

They always go skiing in Lech as far as i know, and they live a kind of regular life, his daughters went to public school etc and went by bike, they often bike as a family. He loves to party and dance and yes they have all kinds of animals incl. dogs. He loves sports and music, like Armin van Buuren and so much more. Most of your questions the answers you kind find on internet incl pictures or video's

@kikidoove9456

Жыл бұрын

Armin van Buuren is even related with the house of Orange in mideval times

I met "Bolle Wim" (nickname), while working backstage at Queen Beatrix' 70 years celebration at Royal Theatre Carre, Amsterdam (1 feb 2008). Shoulder to shoulder to princess Maxima, draped in a memorable banana perfume. The (then) crownprince made smalltalk about the decor we moved ... got professional, and we all waited for our seperate que(s).

He is called Alex mostly, I believe. Before he became king I think everyone referred to him as Alex just as his mother always does. Had to laugh, yes paracetamol is the cure all in the Netherlands. Love your vlogs! Xxx

Willen Alexanderl heeft op het Baarnsch Lyceum gezeten. En ging ook op de fiets naar school. Net als zijn dochters nu ook doen. En als student had hij de bijnaam Prins Pils. En in een interview heeft hij gezegd dat hij ook van Guns and Roses houd. En zijn dochters dat niets vind.

Fijne koningsdag met T&T 🎉👑🎂

Hello Both. I spent 3 years in Amsterdam at the beginning of the century. I remember it as Queen’s Day and it was a great day out. As I worked in Telecom's I had to work one of the holidays. It was a great day and going to work the next was a headache, especially if it was a day shift with a 06:00 a.m. start. Tamis joke reminds me of the doctor trying to call, out his plumber for a blocked toilet, his reply was “Give it two aspirins, if it’s not clear in the morning, call me again.”

This was quite funny, thanks for the laugh, folks 🙂

This was so much fun to watch! There are a lot of your questions that can be answerd by almost everybody that grew up in our country. I'm not sure about the toiletseat, but I don't think Maxima will let him get away with it :)

He gets a lot of gifts. Listen to the 10 podcasts with our King for his jubelee

@sim-one

Жыл бұрын

Well… no subtitles there, right? It’s a lot when you live just for so long over here.

Heel veel plezier met koningsdag.

Thank you for the shout out! Nice to meet you today. Fun video as usual.

@SoultoSoulTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hi King! Thank you very much for stopping us and saying hello!! ❤

maybe the king will look at your video's, you never know, good questions btw. So nice to see you again with another subject, at some point ,it keeps us alert. It 's good to see and hear things from people who come live here. My brother will be driving in a jeep from the usa from worldwar 2,on kingsday. My dad bought it and fixed it up. He died a few years ago, and we decided that our youngest brother could have it, to keep it in good condition, we have a parade in the village and there he will drive it. In honor of our dad, who took care of us (12 children) and my mom. Happy Kingsday.

This video was good fun, love those ‘ burning ‘ questions about the king, so hilareous. Maybe you can ask him on Thursday, he will be visiting Rotterdam. Enjoy kingsday! Hopefully the weather will improve.

Have fun, we were there for queens day back in 1992. Didn’t realize it (pre internet) until we work up in Amsterdam that morning, boy what a day that was👍🌷

You can notice you're not completely Dutch yet! Most Dutch people know about 80% of the answers. It's not announced when the king flies, not even after landing. The crew has to call him Alex and keep it secret. As the cockpit door keeps closed on all flights today nobody notices. BTW the king is known to like funny videos about the royals so he might be watching ;-).

@racingweirdo

Жыл бұрын

Er zijn heleboel videos te vinden waar "alex" de omroep bediend

@IliaKemp

Жыл бұрын

that's right!

@wilfredzwart2154

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂You guys are hilarious 🤣

Hilarious, loved this one! And put the seat down!

Have a Great Konings dag... hopefully the weather will be better then they tell us now... Eric andTammy,Travis and Tracy... looking forwards to the four of you video , hugss

The gifts are received by 'de stalmeester', the stable master, who is positioned close to the king/queen, but behind a 'conifeer', a large plant, to keep him (or her: stalmeesteres) hidden from cameras. He goes 'thank you, now buzz off', and 'sodemieters' (throws) baked products behind another plant, a rhodondendron. These are later collected and may sustain palace personnel for weeks, or more. The king/queen cannot possibly eat them all. Any non baked good are carefully labeled with all relevant information, especially what it is supposed to be, then archived. All of this was explained by W. Sonneveld in 1973.

Hallo lovely people, leuke Koningsdag. Groetjes.

9:51 Fascinating insight into the Soul to Soul household there :-)

I was there last year! It was a Blast!! Was honored to get on a boat for 4 hours, all you can drink and party!

It would be realy fun when Willem actually answers these questions !!

.... as always, great fun. Thanks guys. There are a lot of foto's en filmpjes of WA riding bike. There is a program about the royals: Blauw Bloed

Duke l'Orange. Fun stuff. Have fun. I did last year.

Yes, it is amazing nowerdays. First you have to 'deal/struggle' with the assistent to get a appointment with a docter.

When Alexander was a little boy he held up his middle finger with one hand and waved his other hand when he was into the golden carriage. 🙂

I once saw him in a gardencentre buying christmass decorations for his tree

Can confirm that our King skates, rides a bike, flies planes and drives a car. saw him do it, except for the flying, but know for a fact that he regularly flies/flew commercial airliners as captain van Buren to keep up his certifications (dont know if he still does)

Enjoy Koningsdag🇳🇱👑🎉

He did sometimes courses in watermanagement at Deltares where I work. Just lunching in the resaurant there with everybody and, being Dutch, nobody got exited. Just another guy having lunch

I thoroughly enjoyed this video 😂. The nickname prins pils was more something off 'the people' not from his friends I think. The paracetamol question was great! A vouple of my answers, yes he rides a bike (duh, he's Dutch!) He rode a bike when he was studying. When you see a comment from 'W.A. van Buren' it's him 😉. I think he didnt mind that he would be kind one day. But one of his brothers when they were kids was asked what he thought about other kids bullying or pestering W.A. once said something like, 'they can do anything to him but don't kill him because then I have to become king' it was jokingly said, and they were kids. But i think he just ment he was glad he wasn't first in line for the throne. 😂 For the rest i would say, write him a letter. He has a sence of humour so who knows, maybe he will answer some of your questions!

Oeh! I loved the paracetamol question.

3;00 he also skated the Elfsteden Tocht (Eleven Cities Tour) a 200 km/124,3 miles marathon outdoors on nature ice through eleven cities in the Provincie Friesland, under the name Willem van Buren

Lucky for you it’s not only paracetamol in the Netherlands Fun video, love you

Great questions. Laughed my head off. Hackelslach??

Nice video again😂 He is going every summer on vacatikn to Greece to his own vacation villa there. With a big powerboat behind his house. And wintertimes he is going to ski in Lech every year. And when he is walking his dog it's in his own private park around his house. And in the time he was a student they called him prince pils (beer). And a few years ago his daughters go to school on the bike with many security.

de konings dochters gaan gewwon op de fiets naar school, maken hun lunch net als elke andere nederlander. de opvolgende koningin, zijn oudste dochter, werkt in een strand paviloen en serveert drankjes aan de gasten. Willem Alexander heeft dienstplicht vervuld net als elke nederlander van onze leeftijd. Hij was bij de marine. ik geloof dat hij luitenant ter zee was.Hij heeft een rijbewijs en toen hij jong was reed hij veel te snel. ook heeft hij zijn Volvo wel eens kort gereden. Hij is ook een jager. tot ergernis van een aantal mensen. dus zijn ze redelijk normaal voor zover als dat kan als koning. Hij is ook een bizare sport fan. F1 fan en altijd bij de olympische spelen of voetbal aanwezig. Dat is toch leuk ik vindt het vooral belangrijk dat ze normaal en vrij kunnen leven. LIVE AND LET LIVE.

About the allowance: each princess gets one from the state (so basically we all pay their allowance together)

@rmyikzelf5604

Жыл бұрын

As far as I know, Amalia is the only one getting a state allowance. And she has publicly declined it until she actually starts full filing official duties.

The picture wasn't on a commercial flight, it was in the government Fokker 70(PH-KBX) nowadays flying in Australia.

he did skate the eleven city tour 200km (121mls ) in the 80's.

You might stand some chance. In the recent _Door de ogen van de koning_ podcast series of interviews (episode 3, in Dutch), the King admits to using youtube frequently. Mainly for 'how to' manuals, but also for all kinds of funny videos.

You 2 can straight on the comedychannel.

At the risk of sounding bitter, and excempting the old school lovers of the dutch royal family no matter who they are, I think for most of us the gift we are sending the royal family by means of 10.5 million euros annually (their 'wage' + salary of their staff + budget for living costs) in the form of our tax money is more than enough of a birthday gift. He (and his family) get this literally just for existing so if he wants a Lego train he'll just have to go buy it himself 🤷‍♂️

They don't usually announce it. But he used to fly the "gipsvlucht", the flight that picks up people who went skiing and ended up wrapped around a tree... and they didn't announce before the flight, but after landing and his having gotten off, some of the passengers-in-cast certainly were told who had flown them home.

Willem Alexander's grandmother, queen Juliana, stayed in her palace Soestdijk during Queensday, with the whole extended family. The family would stand on the "bordes" (= the wide steps to the back-yard entrance) In the garden, while an enormous parade of citizens would pass by, with special gifts. This took at least some hours, and was broadcasted on national television. From all provinces groups would show up, dressed in regional costumes, with show-carts, and special made gifts, etc. Eccentric individuals, and common folks, everybody walked by the Queen and her family. The Queen would occasionally shake hands with people and hold babies in her arms, or pass them to family members. Willem Alexander was still young then and got bored and made mischief with his brothers and nephews. And we all were watching it on TV and were charmed. It was damn cute. The gifts to the Queen were handed over to assistants and, if relevant for a special gift, it would later be mentioned where that gift went to. The abundance of flowers (really a lot) would always be distributed among retirement care homes. Willem Alexander's mother, queen Beatrix, changed that parade custom and went out into the country on Queensday, every year to another town. In 1988 she walked through the crowds on Queensday in Amsterdam, and a young man said to her: "Geef me een zoentje." (= "Give me a sweet kiss.") So they kissed. Here is the 8 second video of that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKSsm7SFnJzOgKg.html

Well eating bitterballen is like mostly when you go out to town in the nights. But most of us do not eat that all the time, it is a snack you can get in a Kroeg.

Bitterballen are the queen and kings favourite snack.

I think the nickname might be "lex" :) In his student times he was know for drinking his beer. "prins pils". Een pilsje, being a biertje. The royal family wasn't too proud of that nickname, but it endeared him to most Dutchies, at least a little. The "stiffness" of the royals has majorly decreased over the last ten years, and he has explained that he is very much a family man. I think after the Dutchies accepted him more, he finally grew his beard. I don't think that was "done" under Queen Beatrix. I grew up with her as Queen and she was friendly, kind, but very much protocol. His wife, Maxima, also helped lot with loosening up our Royal house a little. Added some Argentinian swing to it, so to speak. A little flair, and that we sorely needed! Ps: Our king rides his bike every now and then too. So do his daughters to school. For real. They've been raised as normal as was possible. There ARE interviews with them available! Edit to add: They almost always go for a ski vacation in either Lech, (Austria/Oostenrijk) or Griece for warmth somewhere on the coast. I don't exactly remember where.

@soepie17

Жыл бұрын

I grew up when Juliana was still the queen, I loved that time way better, she was kind and friendly, more like my grandmother. Beatrix was way more coldhearted and the country grew coldhearted with her (and WA) since she took her place in 1980...

Oh my god Tammy… your question about the toiletseat….. 😂 and the reaction from Eric priceless. I have this free membership for Eric, he is now a proud member of the Club van de zittende plassers. (Club of Sitting Urinators) Only thing he has to do is from now on sitdown when you only have to pee.

@dutchman7623

Жыл бұрын

Don't know about their private wing in Paleis Huis ten Bosch, but after each visit outside their home, someone from court will check the little room to make sure they did not leave any souvenirs.

6:10 His mother Beatrix was named Bee by Freddie Heineken, yes the owner of the brewery, she didn't like it and he didn't care. He did that in private meetings when they had "off" time, like vacations spent together.

I've shared the king's bed. (Not at the same time, though!) There's a posh bed & breakfast outside Maastricht where the royal family once stayed. (Bodyguards in the kitchen downstairs all night apparently.) I stayed there a few months later and got to sleep in the then crown prince's (and Maxima's) bedroom.

@sim-one

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great topic to share when a conversation shallows lol

Still need to get to used to 'King's day' after being used to 'Queen's day' for over 50 years :)

The King has his down train

Here is a fun clip from 1996 with (then still) prince willem alexander the dutch hockey ladies won a medal on the summer olympics in Atlanta he just went on the field to celebrate with them! as for an allowens (if that spelled right?) but im pretty sure they get money from the state being from the royal family.

Prins Pils is indeed the right mascotte for Kings day

The Dutch royal family tends to try to give their kids as normal a childhood as possible, doing normal Dutch childhood things, so they all bike at least sometimes. There are plenty of pictures of the king, the queen, their daughters, his mum queen Beatrix and grandma queen Juliana and great-grandma queen Wilhelmina cycling, easy to find if you search for them. If I recall the story correctly that went with the photograph of Wilhelmina on her bike, she loved to get out ahead of the gentlemen of her entourage on her bike, so they tried to declare it unladylike for a queen to ride a bike and she had to give up doing so in public for a while, but still rode in private. The current princesses bike(d) to high school like normal Dutch teenagers - I've seen a picture of each of them setting off on their bike, on their own, on their first day of high school (though they probably had some security following them nearby). My mom went to highschool with princess Beatrix for a year, and that school also taught lots of practical things like biking while holding a second bike to bring it along, and doing the cleanup chores around the school. My mom told one story about how the future queen's dad made her walk home from school one day, when she had refused to do her part of the chores because she said cleaning the bathrooms was beneath a princess' dignity. Her dad the prince-consort sometimes came along with her security detail to pick her up after school, and when he heard that he made her walk al the way home with the security car rolling along slowly behind. So I'd be extremely surprised if the princesses didn't have to do some chores, or didn't get pocketmoney to learn how to handle money, budget and save up for things. Yes, they are rich kids, but the family does try to bring them up as normal people and not spoiled brats - and has done so ever since queen Wilhelmina at least, from what I've heard, though I'm no royalty watcher. Everyone except the heir apparent gets to have a job of their choice and a career, not just to be a hanger-on. The family goes on a yearly skiing trip to the same place in the Austrian Alps, where the press photographers get their halfyearly session for taking a lot of photos for an afternoon, and then are supposed to not hound them for more until the summer photoshoot. Those traditions both started in the previous queen's time and I think it still continues, so that might be a favorite vacation spot despite the sad association with one of the king's brothers falling victim to an avalanche there some years ago.

He is called King Willem Bier!!!! So much for what he drinks best.

What you guys probably don't know. Today is the birthday of Prins Willem van Oranje. 24 april 1533. Google it..

Willem is a verry important name in the oranje-nassau family, specially willem van oranje, thats why they choose for willem but alexander is his daily name, probaly shorten to alex in the family.

I used to work as a flight attendant for KLM Cityhopper in the '90's and at one point had enough seniority to be asked to work with him. Ofcourse he did not use his own name (duhh) and ofcourse some extra security was in place. But he was a really nice man to work with. He used to fly the Fokker 70 at the time (also the plane in the picture you use) and the government owned a Fokker 70 as well: PH-KBX. So he could use that for Royal business. (Probably did some of thát royal business in the lav as well 🙂)He now flies a Boeing 737, which is also the current governmental plane PH-GOV.

Did you try the vegetarian bitterballen yet? They contain rode kool (red cabbage). They were at a work party a few years back. Much better than I expected.

@roykliffen9674

Жыл бұрын

Ah, Bieterballen.

I love bitterballen.

Willem-Alexander rides a bike and ice skated the 200 km Elfstedentocht (and finished). Generally children in the house of Orange have as normal as possible life. So when growing up, they pay if they buy something and go to "normal" schools. but third level education is also taken at a college in Wales (so they can lead a normal life). Willem's favorite topic at school was history. He had a wild (lots of beer and cigarettes) university life in Leyden. Willem did not want to become a King when he was a teenager. But he eventually did anyway. When the King goes into a bar, or any shop, he generally does not pay himself, somebody else does that for him. The Royal house has its own train and its own touring car with and without a roof. By tradition they usually drove (European) Ford models like the Granada and Scorpio, but Willen also got a severe accident in Germany at high speed in a Volvo. So maybe nowadays it is Volvo. The children get no money until they are eighteen. The eldest gets then 1 million per year (also covering cost of staff), and the others less (I don't know how much, probably half of that. They all ate bitterbal. I don't know about his taste or if he pisses cleanly.

One question I would love to ask is 'how do you feel about the state of democracy in a country where the head of state is selected through birthright and not through elections?'

You caught me.

Did you know the Royal family have their own car license plates reserved only for the Royal family? They used to have the letter code AA , guess that's still the case? He did had a few accidents in the past while he himself was driving. Nowadays they have a fleet of official cars that are used during official ceremonies.

All gifts will be registered and stored.

Recently the Moroccan drug mafia threatened to abduct the crown princess , this made it impossible for her to go study in Amsterdam University... So she'll probably end up in some second rate English university like Cambridge or Oxford.. :(

@sim-one

Жыл бұрын

Also important… it prevents her from having a normal life like a student which most in her situation were able to have. It’s sad… I’m sorry for her. And it’s important to have as many “normal” experiences as possible before having to this JOB.

He was called Prins Pils as a student.

The king does get gifts, most of those (valuable) gifts are being archived, these are gifts from other royal families or head of foreign states. Sometimes he gets gifts from cities and occasionally a gift from a company. The royal family does not only ride a bus, they own a bus. Donated by DAF (a dutch bus and truck builder). He also own a traditional Dutch sailboat, he never uses it but it is a headache because maintenance is incredible expensive and paid by the Dutch navy (what is a bit controversial). When Amalia turned 18 she was entitled to an allowance of 1.6 million, she will return this money until she finishes her study as she think it is inappropriate to collect that money while she doen't work for it.

Does he ever go to Konigshutt Pub on Spuistraat in Amsterdam?

You're very American here. . . Most Dutch people know most of the answers to these questions. The Dutch royals are mostly like all of us Dutch people, so if you know the answer for your Dutch neighbours, the same goes for the royals.

@elsiengale3125

Жыл бұрын

I hope you've got responses to all your questions by now?

They send gifts, every year in the news people giving gifts to the guards at the palace. His daughter called him once his majesty the first time she attended the Raad van Staten.

@H1SCOTTY

Жыл бұрын

You’ll need to ask the RVD your questions or his niece she is a KZreadr. For lots of the questions you can watch old interviews and there are his cheeky actions as a child during the portret days.

@H1SCOTTY

Жыл бұрын

The best nickname for our king was in his college years royalty press called him prins Pils (prince beer 🍻). And luckily the king doesn’t have that much of a importance in our democracy, yes he still signs legislation, makes state visits and cuts ribbons. But he doesn’t have a saying in the legislation. Even his speech aren’t his own words but those of the minister-president (only at Christmas in his speech is his saying)

I would ask: Did you earn that Elfstedenkruisje or did they pull you?

lol I had bitterballen yesterday ^^

Are you still going to Greece on holiday or after watching this to the USA 🙂

Thank you guys for making me laugh so much. I call the king willempie, ever sinds he through a toilet😂.

@floris-janvandermeulen8054

Жыл бұрын

*threw

Regarding public transport: they royals actually have a train and bus available. I wouldn't call it public transport though 😅 Holidays they go to Greece or in winter to Lech Austria. Was there a few weeks ago. Took the tow lift they make the yearly photo's, so I have my own Lech photo moment as well 😁 My uncle was a pilot for klm and yearly he did a flying rally (my dad joined a few times as well) and Wim-Lex always tried to join as well whenever he could. This was before he was king.

@sim-one

Жыл бұрын

…And cars, boats everything, of course.

@mtcsypkens

Жыл бұрын

@@sim-one those too

He is actually flying for KLM now and then 😉

I like the guy, and his mother as well, I see them as the nation's top diplomat's and they do the job very well. Plus they come fully stocked with their own chins, which isn't always a given with your basic royalty.

Bitterballen are not just for the Netherlands... I had them yesterday here in Belgium with andalouse sauce.... 🙂

@dutchgamer842

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The Netherlands and Belgium, have a lot of fried snacks that are the same and aren't available mostly outside of those who countries. Some snacks are the same and have another name, but are the same.

@Harolddespui

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Belgium belonged to the Netherlands in the past. (before 1830) 😃

@katariinakeisari8178

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@@Harolddespui pretty sure bitterballen were not around then... 😄 and luckily we are post 1830. It makes going abroad easy when you can drive to another country in 40 minutes. 🙂

@Harolddespui

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@@katariinakeisari8178 What i was trying to say is that Belgium still has Dutch DNA in their system, hence the bitterballs.

@katariinakeisari8178

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@@Harolddespui could be the case. 🙂Or maybe it is the other way around? ;-)

During his studies he was (in)famously known as Prins Pils

Nice, next thursday you have the chance of seeing king Willem Alexander in real life in Rotterdam. That’s an once in a lifetime experience I think 😉

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Yuuuup...10k.🇱🇺 party time!!

@SoultoSoulTravels

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