I happened to have had a small talk with an elder lady here in Groningen. She was so tremendously touched by the whole spectacle. "And Máxima is such a beautiful lady, isn't she?" That sort of stuff. It's not my alley, but then again, I was on the centre square (de Dam) during the ceremony and even while we were watching it all on the screen, the sober me felt like being part of something very special. A Russian friend of mine was there too. I asked her if she wasn't bored, cos it was all in Dutch, but she had the same feeling as I did and was glad she witnessed it all.
There is a valid discussion about political power, in which one does have to realise the power is very relative. But judging on the sentiment of the people, you don't want to take that away from them. The monarchy is way too popular for that.
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