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Heritage groups protest at royals' plans to demolish farmsWednesday 08 September 2010 Cultural heritage groups, including one which has queen Beatrix as its patron, have made formal protests about royal family plans to demolish two farms on their property in Wassenaar. The family has applied to have the farms, part of the country estate where crown prince Willem-Alexander lives, torn down and replaced by three luxury houses, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday. Each family house would have about 850 square metres of living space and be worth between €5 and €7m, the paper says. Wrong signal 'Demolishing this sort of cultural heritage sends out the wrong signal,' Karel Loeff, director of the Heemschut foundation told the paper. 'Then more country properties will be replaced by houses. And that will ruin the countryside from a cultural and historical perspective. The farmhouses were built after World War II to compensate for buildings destroyed in the bombing. The royal family made the application to demolish the buildings at the beginning of this year, even though Wassenaar council is on the point of placing them on the listed building register. The council has not yet decided whether to give the family the green light. A spokesman for the state information service, which acts as the royal family's press spokesman, said the De Horsten estate runs at a loss and needs its finances improving. 'The owner does not wish to make a profit,' the spokesman said. © DutchNews.nl
the queen should join the real world and live within her means. she already is on the dole to the tune of 100 million euros. By mr. haze | September 8, 2010 11:48 AM It is far pas the time to end the power of royalty. Let them go get a job and work like the "common man". There is nothing in their blood that makes them any different than the rest of the world. By Paul Martin | September 8, 2010 4:59 PM They would certainly be more interesting if they all went out and got jobs. Then we would see their true natures, like Fergie the ex duchess of York. By AW | September 9, 2010 9:08 AM I do agree whats wrong with them all getting a job?? maybe working at minium wage be like the rest of us By howard de barfield | September 9, 2010 6:40 PM As a Dutch woman I can tell you that the Royal family is working. They all have jobs and earn their living. Only the Queen and her eldest son get payed. They do all the goodwill for Holland and that is a hell of a job. By jenny | September 28, 2010 1:31 AM Eh, how much does the Queen get paid every year, and what does she actually do for it? And how much are her expenses on top of her income? However much it is it is more than I get, I would willingly swap places with her. So what are these facts about her income then? By Andy | September 28, 2010 4:15 PM So the Queen gets paid. I wonder does she get her expenses covered when she has to jet off to the Bilderberg group meeting every year. Nice work if you can get it. The Monarch of the Netherlands and one of the leaders of the shadow world government. Nice! By langer | September 29, 2010 9:16 AM
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It's time for the royal family to go.... I love it when the press calls the property, the royals property. Where did they get it, they sponged it off the Dutch people.
By alanposting | September 8, 2010 11:46 AM