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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 244802, member: 2844&quot;]The yellow was once orange, it has faded a little. </p><p>The crown is the Dutch crown, which is just a symbolic thing of gold plated brass, since there is no coronation in The Netherlands. And the Dutch are cheap of course<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />. We never used to be a kingdom, so no ancient royal tradition. </p><p>Still hoping for a republic again, royalty is not a Dutch tradition. The imposed family turned royal costs us a fortune. We even have to pay a wage to the children, in spite of the millions the family made in slave trade, expropriation of public funds in the 19th century, and other unsavoury acts.</p><p><br /></p><p>My grandparents used to live in Nijmegen, every year we would go and watch on the last day. </p><p>My grandmother always had bunches of flowers to give to the people she knew. She was not the only one, so many walkers nearly collapsed under the loads of flowers on that last exhausting day. </p><p>Surprisingly even some soldiers couldn&#039;t cope, but they also got an encouraging cheer and applause from the crowd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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