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Dutch study says royal family made huge profits from colonialism
THE HAGUE: King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands said Friday he was personally affected by the “explicit” conclusions of a study that said the royal family reaped huge profits from colonialism and slavery. The five volume Leiden University study, that Willem-Alexander commissioned in 2022, concluded that for hundreds of years the ruling Orange family treated colonialism as a legitimate boon to the Netherlands. It said the Dutch royal family made a sum equivalent to 500 million euros ($565 million) through its links to the Dutch East India Company and the country’s colonies. The 59-year-old ...
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