Recently, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced that she would abdicate. Her son, Crown Prince Willem Alexander, would become king on 30 April.
Not everyone seems to be happy. Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad reports today, that on the queen’s birthday, yesterday, 31 January, a royal peacock escaped from the The Hague palace garden.
He went to the nearby Haagse Bos forest. He was caught there later.
This is a peacock video.
Probably, the bird was sick of the Dutch media’s sycophantic coverage of the royal family.
Contrary to the female peacock which escaped from Bronx Zoo in New York City in the USA, this Dutch peacock is male.
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Coronation song pulled after outcry
NETHERLANDS: A song specially written to be sung by the nation to the new king on the day of his coronation has been withdrawn after it triggered a storm of online ridicule, a government committee confirmed today.
An online petition against the song, which was written using suggestions from the public and features a blend of Dutch rock ballad and rap styles, had been signed by more than 30,000 people.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/132000