The fact that, despite the secrecy of the program, people often showed up, sometimes with flowers, had made that lack extra felt. “Oops, we can’t go there,” thought the king. But in advance, the German authorities had made it clear that the state visit could only take place if the corona measures in force were strictly observed. “Not a step without a mouth cap on the arm, to put on immediately”, Máxima looked back.
Willem-Alexander, however, was a satisfied person. “We have done everything we wanted to do, but on a smaller scale,” said the king. In addition to the mandatory distance from the public, the main limitation was in the number of people who could or were allowed to attend meetings. For example, the royal couple would have liked many more people to attend the concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, but in the end only about 350 were allowed to attend the immense Konzerthaus. Fortunately, the orchestra did provide a one-time livestream so that a much larger audience could still be reached.
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