Today our royals are going on a state visit to Russia.
not sure if they can do anything about the collapse of human rights there,
Putin obviously cannot stand criticism,
while we Dutch just never swallow any in fake politeness,
but who knows?

it's so much more rewarding if authorities have an open attitude to critique from their subjects.
our queer photographer Erwin Olaf vented loads of comments on the appearance of our king in a tv interview last year
he felt he could do something about his hair, whiten his teeth and have better backdrops and lighting on official photos or vids.
instead of him being thrown in prison, the king took some of his remarks at heart and looks a lot younger, relaxed and frivolous nowadays.
Last month Erwin was even chosen to design the new Eurocoins with our king on it.









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