The Hague, Oct 2, 2026 (AFP) - Dutch study says royal family made huge profits from colonialism

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2026-10-02

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 eq......

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