Is The Dutch Monarchy Constitutional?

King Willem-Alexander and his mother Princess Beatrix smiling at the people who pay for their palaces

According to Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution, every individual in the Netherlands should be treated equally under the law. However, there is one family who is above the law: the superior royal Dutch family. This is a huge contradiction in Dutch society and culture. The Dutch legislature should either abolish Article 1 or the monarchy and revert back to a republic, which the Netherlands originally was.

Not only are the Dutch royals above the law, they run over the rights of the Dutch people by taking their money. And then the King lectures the Dutch people about "equality" and "diversity" as the Dutch politicians, elected by the Dutch people, sit there silently while he does. In the Netherlands they call that "democracy."

Somewhere along the line the Dutch went from total football to total monarchy. King Willem-Alexander is one of the richest men in the world today. His wealth is estimated to be over $20 billion but it is probably much more than that. And the Dutch monarchy pays no taxes. If any citizen doesn't pay their taxes, they go to jail in the Netherlands.

But it even gets worse. Not only do the Dutch royals not pay taxes, they take over a hundred million euros in "subsidies" each year. This is paid for with the taxes of the Dutch people. It is a dirty quid pro quo between incumbent politicians and the Dutch monarchs.

Also the notion that the Dutch monarchy is a politically passive institution with limited constitutional powers is perhaps the biggest and longest lasting cultural myths in the Netherlands. Or should I say Kingdom of the Netherlands?

You won't read about this because -- unlike the British tabloids -- the Dutch media rarely write critical articles about its own monarchy (but they love trashing the British monarchy). Let's just say, the Dutch monarchy is very influential.

Rarely in the Netherlands will you find a news article critical of them or questions about their enormous wealth and political influence. Nor will you find a news article challenging the morality of the establishment of a monarchy: the idea that some people are superior by birth because they have superior genes or superior DNA, i.e., the whole supremacy bloodline theory that Hitler was so fond of. Nor will you find a public opinion poll with the question: "Should the Netherlands return to being a republic?" These questions are rarely asked by the Dutch legacy media -- or by Dutch politicians.

It is speculated that the Dutch royals own stock in the mainstream Dutch media companies such as De Telegraaf (which is owned by Mediahuis) and have royal connections with their board members, such as the Dutch state media, the NOS, who relies on its funding from "the King's government." Because the way politics works in the Netherlands is as follows:

The politicians tax the productive Dutch people and re-distribute the money directly and indirectly to the Dutch monarchy. The monarchy then buys stocks in Dutch multinational companies and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs promotes these companies with international trade deals in which King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima participate. (#handelsmissies)

They Dutch Royals often fly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team together (or perhaps the other way around). It is a huge conflict-of-interest -- because the Dutch government is not negotiating on behalf of the Dutch people, but on behalf of one family: the Dutch monarchy and all their multinational investments. It is collusion between Big Monarchy and Big Business.

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs always works hard for the Dutch people

More often than not, when Dutch politicians leave public office, and if they maintain a good relationship with the Dutch Royals, a good job awaits them, possibly as a CEO or a board-member with one these Dutch multinational companies. Or the King Willem-Alexander can appoint them to other government positions as well, such as Commissioner of the King positions (similar to a Governor position). There are so many lucrative jobs the King can choose from.

Some of these companies that the Dutch Monarchs have shares in are Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, KLM, Heineken, Philips, AkzoNobel, but there are so many more. Nobody really knows because this is considered a "private matter" even though it is all paid for with taxpayers money. The Dutch monarchy receives an annual allowance of 400 million euros, but this does not include many other expenditures and unlisted benefits.

The annual budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for example is 13 billion euros. Both of these expenses are paid for by the Dutch taxpayer but the benefits, directly and indirectly, benefits the monarchy.

Prime Minister Rutte working hard for the Dutch working class

When elected members of the Dutch parliament ( De TweedeKamer) are sworn-in with an loyalty oath to the King and his monarchy, not the people. The cabinet members are sworn in by King Willem-Alexander himself at the royal palace. Yes, they must come to him, climb up the many stairs to the palace to present themselves to Him to be sworn in by him, His Majesty -- even though they were elected by the people.

Thereafter during their tenure as ministers they and their family members receive many royal palace invites and gifts, but that is never spoken about. This shady quid pro quo is also the case for influential parliament members.

Besides owning many palaces, the Dutch royals also have lots of real estate around the world, private planes, yachts, and so many luxurious accommodations, such a blessing for vacationing ministers or members of the parliament. Who could say No to that? It's really amazing. The Dutch royals can make any member of parliament feel like royalty, and their family. Suddenly you and your family are at the pinnacle of Dutch high society.

Therefore, you will rarely find a Dutch politician challenging the existence, justification or expenditure of the monarchy. And each year the "peoples' representatives" keep forking more of the Dutch peoples' money "subsidies" to the Dutch royals. As such, there is a tacit quid-pro-quo and hence a conflict-of-interest between the royal empire and the so-called "representatives of the people."

Recently during a heated debate in the Dutch parliament, Minister of Finance, Wopke Hoestra, snapped: "I'm here to serve the crown." He inadvertently spoke the truth. He is indeed there to serve the Dutch monarchy, not the people, or at least not primarily.

Even during difficult economic times because of the totalitarian corona regulations foisted the Dutch population, the 18 year-old Princes Amalia receives an annual 1.6 million euro tax-free "salary." No politician (whose income is far less) will challenge this absurdity in public, even as King Willem-Alexander lecture the Dutch people about "equality," and "diversity" during his televised annual Christmas speech from behind his castle wall. (#kersttoespraak)

The Dutch monarchy is the elephant in the room of Dutch politics. Or in American vernacular you could say that the Dutch monarchy is "the swamp" or "the deep state" of Dutch politics.

The political influence of the Dutch monarchy is so strong, that even Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who was elected on a conservative platform, tossed his party's platform (#VVD) overboard by adopting the King's WEF globalist agenda.

Since the reign of Queen Beatrix, the Netherlands seems to be a country of the monarchy, by the monarchy and for the monarchy.