Hélène Hendriks, who as a presenter of a successful talk show on SBS 6 has an influential voice in the public debate, believes that King Willem-Alexander is exaggerating. “Alexia photo not so bad!”
There are photos of Dutch celebrities in the private sphere on the assembly line, but if an eyewitness on a full terrace makes a movie of Princess Alexia who steps into the car with singer Antoon in front of bubbling compatriots, then Koningsgezind Nederland is upside down. Privé has published the photos and thereby breaks the media code.
Crawl
That entire media code is a fabrication of King Willem-Alexander, but many media are anxiously adhering to it. The king himself has not yet let us know if he is going to litigate against private, but he did very well in front of De Telegraaf’s camera. As if Alexia’s privacy would have been violated.
Johan Derksen is bothered by the king. “It disturbs me immensely that we have a king who puts himself above the people. A photo can be taken from everyone, except from the royal family and I think that is nonsense. Then you also get from those people who crawl into the royal family, like that Mrs. Marcella, I believe.”
Stoning Justine
The VI-snor is referring to today in Inside on the Slink Justine Marcella. “He will also be on that man that he has to start a lawsuit. He works for Story, but they have not offered enough, they wanted it too, but they started to walk private.”
“And now she is going to say in a talk show:” Shame, the king must start a lawsuit. ” The king must say to the people: “Boys, when you see me outside, I am in public, then everyone can photograph me, because I have just as much right as you.”
“Have plenty of money!”
Doesn’t Johan think that the royals are more entitled to privacy than other Dutch people? “Then they stop with it! Then they will do something fun! They have plenty of money!”
Hélène Hendriks believes that the king is also exaggerating. The press is not that bad here at all, she thinks. “We are in the Netherlands, isn’t it? England is really a different story. I think we are quite cautious in terms of media. It is also a bit of giving and taking.”
“It’s not that bad”
That Alexia photo is just a nice photo, says Hélène. “It wasn’t that bad, that photo. If they were really kissing or photographed in a different position, I really think it’s a different story, but she gets in a car, yes …”
Johan concludes: “They don’t have to exaggerate.”