“The Comical Confusion of Johan Derksen and a Welsh Knight”

When Wilfred Genee asks Johan Derksen what he was doing in London, De Snor reacts somewhat confused. “Where was I? Oh, I don’t know? You don’t think I’m going to watch that masquerade ball, do you?”

Fortunately, he can laugh at the resemblance to the man with the big mustache and medium length hair in Westminster Abbey. “I see it more and more that people are going to imitate me, but it’s always crazy people who do that”, Johan chuckles. He does not have a good word about the coronation. “I don’t like it at all, but I wish those English people their madness.”

The Derksen lookalike is 79-year-old Karl Jenkins, an acclaimed Welsh composer. Sir Karl Jenkins, that is: he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2015 for his work. In his work, the composer focuses on themes such as togetherness and peace.