Albert Verlinde will never forget how he was once caught by Princess Beatrix during an impatient moment. “That is one of the most embarrassing moments I’ve ever had.”
The career of Albert Verlinde is extremely impressive: not only did he make it completely in the TV world, but also in the theater and musical world. The Weekend Looks back on it with him and the show connoisseur asks the man: “Have you sometimes done or said something in your career that you were ashamed of afterwards?”
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Albert agrees that he has indeed experienced something very embarrassing. “Well, something like that has indeed happened, in Carré. I stood in line to shake hands with the king and queen, because I was in the committee that had organized that evening.”
He continues: “Princess Beatrix was already in, but Willem-Alexander and Maxima did not come. So I looked at the chairman, pointed to my watch and said,” They are too late, how is that possible?! ” Suddenly I saw Beatrix in the corner of my eye, which gestured me with: well, I don’t know either! ”
“Very embarrassing!”
If Albert had known that Beatrix could see him, he would never have behaved so impatiently, he says. “I did not realize that she too was waiting. For me, that is the most close to an embarrassing moment I have ever had.”
Incidentally, it is not that he would completely bow to the royals, he concludes. “No, I really never had that to anyone. I don’t like that. Whether it is the queen or Princess Beatrix, or the king, it really makes me very little. I see and treat everyone the same. I have never been nervous for anyone in particular.”