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The king showed a rare moment of candor when he paid a working visit with the then minister of agriculture Carola Schouten a few years ago. The monarch let slip that he was sent everywhere in the world to praise the Dutch agricultural sector, while respect was lacking in his own country. It sounded like music to the ears of the farmers-entrepreneurs present and the farmer’s daughter-minister.

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