King Willem-Alexander calls his family’s holiday in Greece during the corona period “his biggest error of judgment ever”. In conversation with Edwin Evers, the king says that he wanted to show what was possible despite the restrictions.
“It is the biggest error of judgment I have ever made,” says Willem-Alexander in the podcast Through the eyes of the King.
While people in the Netherlands had to stay at home to contain the corona outbreak, the king and his family went on holiday abroad. This sparked a wave of outrage.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, I said: let’s go outside as much as possible. Show what is possible, despite the restrictions.”
The king explains that every planned activity of the royal family was then put under the magnifying glass. Also the holiday in Greece. Traveling to certain countries was possible in that period.
“For many Dutch people there was no autumn holiday abroad. They were locked up at home,” the king now sees. “They felt abandoned. That had nothing to do with whether or not I went to Greece. But with the fact that many people in the Netherlands could not do anything and I happily went abroad. That was wrong mine.”
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‘We’ve had strong conversations about this’
According to King Willem-Alexander, the trip to Greece was “known internally everywhere”. But no one saw that a holiday was not a good idea.
“In retrospect, a lot of people said: I was stupid, I’m terribly sorry. But no one said it in advance. Afterwards we had very tough conversations about this,” says the king, who emphasizes that he is responsible for what has happened. happened.
After one day, the royal couple broke off their holiday and the family flew back to the Netherlands. In a video statement, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima expressed regret.
2023-05-11 06:55:00
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