Vacation and controversy go hand in hand with Dutch kings resting in Greece at a time when the world is focused on the war between Israel and Palestine

The Dutch monarchs have come under fire after it was revealed that they decided to spend a “discreet” holiday in Greece while the eyes of the world are on the war between Israel and Palestine. William of Holland would travel incognito with his family from Hamburg airport.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if the King of Holidays ran away to his Greek villa after a lot of work!”, reads a public message from journalist and presenter Menno Swart on his profile on the social network X, where he also presented the movement of the private jet in which the king and his family travel.

The information provided by Swart on October 9 coincided with a message posted by the royal family on their official Instagram account on the same day to express the solidarity of King William Alexander and Queen Máxima for the attacks on Israel.

“This weekend’s attacks on Israel have caused untold suffering. We have conveyed our sympathy and feelings of devotion. Our thoughts are with the Israeli people and all families affected by the violence or fearing for their loved ones,” the message, originally written in Dutch, said.

Questionable holiday of William of Holland in Greece

According to information from Menn Swart, William of the Netherlands has a free schedule from October 6 to 17, which also coincides with the beginning of the school holidays, so the kings did not want to miss the opportunity to rest, because Vanitatis from El Confidencial reviews.

However, the Dutch monarch’s incognito moves have not been well received by his nation’s press and critics of the regime.

According to the Spanish media, the controversy surrounding the vacation of William and his family in Greece is also related to the fact that it is not the best time to rule in view of the recently published book that exposes William’s Nazi past. Prince Bernard, the king’s grandfather.

The text demolishes the profile of the monarch, who for years was considered a hero of the Second World War, and is now being presented as an ally of Adolf Hitler’s party.

The royal vacation is now causing just as much controversy as it did in 2020 when the royal family also traveled to Greece while the world was on hiatus due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

At that time, William of Holland and Máxima were forced to apologize to their people.

“Many people did not have autumn holidays and were closed again. People had nowhere to go and I happily went abroad”, was one of the sentences in his speech that year when he broke the rules of social distancing.

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