The exhibition about the Golden Coach of the Dutch royal family in Amsterdam ends at the end of February. The Dutch King Willem-Alexander says in a video message that the controversial Golden Coach will not be used again for the time being after the exhibition. ‘The Netherlands is not yet ready for that,’ it sounds.
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The coach is under fire because of the panel Hulde der Koloniën, painted by Nicolaas van der Waay, depicting black people as slaves. A growing number of people see the carriage as a loaded heritage and believe that it should therefore no longer be used.
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