1/3 A happy prince and his security guard (photo: Eva de Schipper).
Blind panic, confusion and hassle in Ganzendonck (Beek and Donk). The Prinsenwagen was stolen there on Thursday. A playful joke, it turned out quickly. But a problem: the car still had to be inspected and the parade is Sunday afternoon.
Long story short: Prince Luuk L1 (Roman figures for 51) lost his prince wagon on Thursday morning. Stolen. It was a joke, it soon turned out. But that joke could have considerable consequences, because the colossus still had to go through the inspection. And then it would be walking for the prince.
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The thieves were not impressed. Empty threats, they said. And the negotiations started. The association offered 5.10 meters beer for the return of the car for the 51st Luuk. That is the wrong side, the thieves thought. To which the association returned with a bid of 0.51 meters.
Exchange for 51 meters of beer
Nobody kicks in there, the thieves said. The comma had to go the other way. They dared the exchange for 51 meters of beer. And then overlapping on Sunday morning: 51 meters of beer for a prince wagon. A hefty quantity.
“We didn’t get out with the negotiations,” the prince tells on Sunday morning. “But my security guards have solved it.” At least he hopes. With small eyes he is waiting in the sun until the thieves finally come back to his car.
Whether that happens and who is on or in front of it: it is a mystery to him. “It would not surprise me if the security guards are behind this themselves,” he says. And yes. The gentlemen, in black jackets with a security pin on it, arrive in the distance. “Have it.”
“We packed the car for you, to do something playful,” says one of the security guards. ‘Um grabs big’ is on it.
Inspection
The security guards closed the deal with the thieves on Saturday evening. Not 51 meters of beer, that’s way too much. The car would come back for 100 coins. In a place somewhere in Ganzendonck, only known for the thieves and security guards, without physical encounter. They say. And therefore they still don’t know who the thieves are.
“We absolutely don’t know who it is, 100 percent nie.”
“We absolutely don’t know who it is, 100 percent nie,” they swear. No matter how much was applied and called. “He had a hat on.”
A strange story, but with a good end. “I have been involved in the same incident myself, but I will never do that again,” concludes the prince, who can breathe relieved now that he doesn’t have to walk during the procession in Ganzendk on Sunday afternoon. Because that inspection that was needed? It is possible on the spot quickly.