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Royal finances, spending and criticism Photo: Pixabay
Bits & Pieces, Miscellaneous

Royal finances, spending and criticism

Let’s face it: royals are not celebrities, although sometimes you really wonder nowadays. Royals mix with celebrities, and have already done so for years. Where celebrities can spend the money they earned as it pleases them, royals have to be much more careful. Already for centuries royal houses have been financed by the state. In […]

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Elderly Royals at Work
Bits & Pieces, Miscellaneous

Elderly Royals at Work

It always surprises me that when the retirement age of normal working people is being discussed, people don’t know how loud to protest when a government decides the age goes up. That happened in the Netherlands for example recently. It varies per country, but in the Netherlands where I live, for many years it was […]

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