Royal Family members have been impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus has thus far infected 30,781,103 people around the world, of which 962,103 have died. But what prompted one royal to recently claim he felt “like a pariah”?
The Royal Family in the Netherlands is led by King Willem-Alexander who ascended the throne after his mother abdicated in 2013.
Willem-Alexander was the first child of the former Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus.
King Willem-Alexander was the eldest of three sons, his younger brothers Prince Friso and Prince Constantijin were born in 1968 and 1969 respectively.
Prince Friso died in 2013 after he was buried under an avalanche in Austria the year before, he died as a result of complications from this accident.
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But the couple were socially distanced from everyone else in attendance and in keeping with coronavirus restrictions.
There was also no handshaking or close contact with others at the ceremony.
Prince Constatijn revealed the “close contact” he was quarantining over happened a week ago.
This means he is required to self-isolated for three more days before he is able to leave his home.
The current advice from the Dutch public health agency RIVM is that those self-isolating must maintain as much distance from others, including their household.
Prince Constantijin lives with his wife, Princess Laurentien and their children, Clau-Casimir, 16, and Leonore, 14.
The couple’s eldest child Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, 18, recently attracted negative attention after paparazzi photographs showed her smoking outside a supermarket in Amsterdam while she waited for her friends.
Prince Constantijin and Princess Laurentien told Shownieuws: “First and foremost, Eloise is a private person with a right to privacy. We expect that this will be respected.
“This photo was obviously taken in a private environment, has no news value and does not add to the public debate.”
