‪@exploringtheforeign‬ 

I'm excited to watch this! Thanks for reacting! :)

This was really fun to watch as always. Thanks, for the kind words, man! And thanks to Ashton for suggesting!

Just look how relaxed the king seems to be. simply leaning back against the fence and enjoying the game. Of course his answer is quite generic, but still happy to answer. He's always been very cool. I met him once - when he was still the crown prince - at an aeronautical event organised by students of the TU Delft. he simply stood among us drinking a beer and chatting about aircraft (he's an established pilot himself).

That is only possible in the Netherlands, the king and queen are very nice and modern people who speak to everyone and where you can and can come close. I live in the UK myself and they are too stiff there, but the Dutch royal couple are very modern. The same as the Dutch people themselves .

I met the King when he still was a Prince. When i was deployed to Bosnia. Hé came into the bar on the base. He was surrounded by high brass eventualy he ditched them and joined us for beer. Really nice and relaxed guy.

Not only did he ask a question to the king, but he did it in Dutch! His Dutch is so good for someone who has been here for just two years! I love Sam’s channel, he is always so positive and interested

To give context - I'm a republican. I'm principally egalitarian, and I believe all public institutions should operate on a democratic mandate. Therefor, I am against the presence of aristocrats, and the presence of a monarch, respectively. Nonetheless, I have to concede that the van Nassau family appears to understand, after seeing how monarchs went down in Europe, that the continued existence of their institution depends on keeping a low profile, and making themselves useful. I must further conclude they have ingrained this in their family well, and they achieve greater results for the public interest, in terms of diplomacy, private sector partnerships, and NGO investments than any elected officials. This is a compliment to the van Nassau's, and an indictment of our elected officials. With the public interest being leading to me, despite having a philosophical disagreement with their existence, I have to admit that their removal at this point would harm the public interest more than it would prevent harm.

No if the king and queen come too the islands from us curacao normal nice people❤

I love your reaction on this video! This man is making so much good content on his RU-vid channel. And yes there I was 😂 together with one of my bestest friends Jessica 💜

What a nice reaction. I've been following this guy's channel for a while and he does make some really good content. Always looks professional and he is very open and nice, like you. Nice for you that you saw a familiar face in the video and I like your hoodie.

Unknowingly, the man from Exploring The Foreign committed a big breach of protocol and etiquette: you’re not supposed to ask a reigning monarch questions unless during a scheduled and pre-approved interview. King Willem-Alexander was really nice to answer. He could have simply ignored the question. This makes it an even more unique occurrence. Since Queen Juliana, the Dutch monarchs have become more and more approachable, laid-back and close to their people from generation to generation. They’re extremely down to Earth.

When Beatrix was queen, there was Queen's Day on the birthday of the queen, like the guy in the video says. However, April 30th actually wasn't Beatrix' own birthday. From 1891 to 1949, Qeeun's Day was celebrated on Wilhelmina's birthday, which was on August 31st. When her daughter Juliana took over as queen, it was celebrated on April 30th. When Beatrix took over as queen, however, it was decided to keep the same date for the celebration. I don't know exactly what the reason for this decision was, but I guess it was because it would be more likely to have better weather for an event like this than there would be on Breatrix' own birthday, which is on January 31st.

Just watching this I caught myself smiling a smile as big as his. Great positive energy.

That Saucer shaped object behind the stage is actually the Train Station Rotterdam Blaak (which has train and metro below the surface and a tramstop behind the saucer). It's a direct connection to Dordrecht to the one side and Rotterdam Centraal and the Hague on the other side.

8:25 besides my own comment with praise for his reporting, I have seen several people telling him his video made a better report of the day than the officiall news broadcast. I have been following this young man for a while now and I think he is growing and learning and applying what he learns very well.

I prefer a pure Republic, because it is more democratic, and altho most royals have a cerimonial function , they do influence political decisions and opinions even when they shouldnt, at least in my country. Here in Belgium, where the royals are "intellectually challenged" , extremely religious and biased, it is even a bigger problem. Belgium was created," the revolution" only worked coz the big neighbours ( France & UK) got envolved, and the new King was chosen by them, he was not Belgian (but German) , not Catholic , , didnt speak the language, .... so had no connection with the land at all. Mind you he had the chance of becoming King of Greece as well, but Belgium was richer at the time. So the powers that were put him, relative of Queen Victoria into power. This is a very different story from the dutch, where the royal family is dutch ( not originally, but has been for about 600years) , and has a deep connection to the land, they speak the language, and are in general a lot more intelligent and "Normal" than ours.... .....etc. You get my point, that even tho i i prefer a republic for many reasons, having a royal family like the Dutch would make it a lot easier to swallow for me. 1830 ( Belgian independence from the netherlands) in my view was a big mistake. 🤘❤️

Rotterdam is my home town! I was there too in the huge crowd. The royal family started in one of the poorest quarters. Rotterdam is the largest blue collar city in the Netherlands. We have +180 etnicities (nationalities?) united, with a highly appreciated muslim mayor with a migrant background.

I have seen the king once. I had my camera with me with a HUGE paparazzi-style zoomlens and was ready to make lots of photos of him at some opening where he would be. Unfortunately we were sent to some spot quite far away from him and then suddenly the secondary memory card of my camera malfunctioned, causing the entire camera to lock up while he was ending the opening and walking towards his car getting ready to go away. Quick quick quick, card out, turn the camera on again and yes: I was able to take a few snapshots of him. A few I had to edit heavily because it was such a rushed job, but at least I do have the pictures. :)

I know why you were able to ask the King a question. Because you are such a likable guy. Always smiling, friendly, always showing interest and being polite. I'm happy you took your chance and were able to ask something. Well done

I've seen him quite often in my childhood when we went ice skating in the indoor rink in the Hague when he was still a young prince and probably preparing for his secret Elfstedentocht :D Although I was more amazed by my father who was keeping up with the really pro-looking fast guys on the inside ring😎

Such a wholesome video! You organized a great King’s Day people of Rotterdam. I’ve enjoyed it in Amsterdam with me girlfriend. Talking about it, check out your email Highly! Got something special for you 🇳🇱

You're actually dressed for the occasion, very thoughtful and a great video ( again..;-And so cool the guy had the chance to ask King Willem a question. To have a King or Queen is something special and I'm proud of being a Dutchie with a very modern and social King and Queen

There is so mutch problems in the world Let the people make fun on kings day every body is then together for fun

You two are the most wholesome reactors around. Bless.

The inner strife between republicans and people for the king actualy exist for ages fromn when we where the united provinces (republic) and you had people for the state and people for the prince and wanted him to become a king

I saw the original video already, and just like there, I feel the need to react to your comment about the protest. The people who are protesting are people who believe that the head of state has to be decided by election, and not by erection. Birthright is not a thing that should exist in the 21st century

He should have shouted "Willy!" :)

Whaha! I was about to watch the original video and now I see you react to it!

I live in Rotterdam, qnd was close by the king and has family, h Samuel is very good with his video thanks for that, i iff was tieird but i enjoy the day Davina Michelle and more artis loved it off you believe in monarchie or not ❤

Very nice! Thank you for posting this one and for your nice reaction to it. 🙏

Hello from the Netherlands. thanks for the video. Sincerely Hollandduck

Im not a huge fan of the whole royal house concept because it costs money and hardly does anything for us, but I have to admit they are very nice people and do their role well

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April 30 was actually Queen Juliana's birthday. Beatrix's birthday is on January 31. As a tribute to her mother, she kept April 30 as a National Holiday. When Willem Alexander became King, this was changed to April 27.

Did you see the panna Touzani gave to Willem? 😂

For some of the protesters, the reason was also that this day costs a lot of money while there live a lot of poor people in Rotterdam, so for some it seems a bit weird of a situation. Of course this idea is also present in the reasoning of some republicans. That the king gets so much money just because of his genes and that our taxes pay him, that feels unjust

One day, one day a year when we all wear orange and just celebrate. That is King's Day. Everyone is welcome; fat, thin, young, old, small, big, it doesn't matter. Come party with us until late at night! 🧡

I'm not really pro-king or pro-republic but this video made me kind of proud still. I have never seen the king up close, but I have seen his mother, then queen and now princess Beatrix in real life. The king seems much less rigid, but still I'd probably be kind of nervous and proud to meet him.

i'm dutch. i bet our king dislikes kingsday. imagine yourzelf beeing king and have to do all these activities every year. when Alexander comes home after kingsday he will be like 'my feet hurt, my mouth hurts from fake smiling. honey, gimme some whiskey i need it now'

The subtitles said billum Alexander, but his name is Willem Alexander. Alex for short.

I follow him,he has great video.s I really like him

His daughter Alexia is worth a celebration as well in my opinion

You dont wanne know how much this "birthday" costs to set up. , and we dutchies pay for it in taxes... im dutch and i would like to see this change. and i am not the only one.

The bill for Rotterdam was 45 million dollar by the way.

Maybe it is time to live with us in the Netherlands!!! We love you!

Very nice!

San and i are froeds and you did this reaction very well .

Sans videos ate aiways worth the watch

The best Queen was Queen Juliana

The relationship between the House of Orange and Rotterdam has been touched by ww2, and this visit was way too late, but still a nice reconcilliation, and it warmed my heart, to see so many cultures in Holland salute the King, and him saluting back. GG 010! + you kicked Ajax, lolz, great year for Rotterdam! Plus I really like this dude from the United States of America, the host, great dude with a lot of love, stay strong! HXC

our king is down to earth also he is a pilot for our civilian airline KLM so yes he still has a normal job like us all

Great video! thanks man

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To go deeper,... we are all one people

Touzani is the best

Hallo, ik ben de koning en jij, bent onderdaan en ik heb geld als water en jij, jij bent dan de kraan En jij hebt grote zorgen en ik weer een miljoen en ik, ik ga jou vertellen dat wij het samen doen........

The reason some ppl are against the royal family is cuz they dont have any power in politics or what so ever. They basically only there cuz it was from back in the days that they were important, now they just here to visit other countrys and keep good relations. Beside that there should be no reason to hate them or want them away for that. The only problem is that getting huge amounts of money from the gouventment (our taxes) and that was raised again this year. While in nearly everthing else they needed to cut ( schools, healthcare etc.) While they basically have no real function in the hole system. That why some ppl want them away

Hi Highly, I love Sam's posts. Fun and educational. Kingsday is the only day all the psychiatric clinics are all open all day. The funniest morans free and happy, even if its for just one day. One funny fact: Our King used to be called Prince Beer. Whenhe was a student he drove his car in a channel after having a shitload of beer.😎 Best party ever.

Was fun to watch this video. Myself had to work because these 2 weeks with koningsdag en dodenherdenking en bevrijdingsdag are super busy for horeca. So missed everything. But this video gave some back. Happy Dutchy.

Great reporting

The best country ever!! So happy and grateful be here and my respect to keep this amazing nederlandase cultuur 🧡

It's great to see all kinds of nationalities together without quarrels, which I honestly wish was the daily norm. Maybe we need to organize festivities every day in order to make that happen 😊

14:53 During any national holiday or celebration here, everybody always is very excited and friendly. Really, the atmosphere is unlike any other: everybody is heading outside to celebrate with no hard feelings whatsoever, and the police only act when there is more serious trouble (I mean mostly physical violence like out of control brawls; shooters or mass attacks in any form are not really a thing here, despite being a very crowded nation). They too know it's a party, and things can get a little messy every now and then, but all the cities will always clean up the morning after such major events, so stuff like littering or consuming alcohol in public spaces hardly ever gets punished. This is very different on regular days, you WILL get a hefty fine for either of those on any other day! Also, Shoutout to Sam for his amazing work as always, I've been following him for a while now 💚

Interviewing the king without being jumped on by guards. Lucky guy.

only 4 euros have to be paid for the king for one of best diplomatic oppertunities so in my opinion its worth it because the return is greater then 4 euros. Its the same as taxes for infrastructure for example, almost everyone is in agreement its needed.

ROTTERDAM❤❤❤❤❤❤

I've already seen Samuels video, so it's good to see you having a reaction on it! Samuel makes really nice video's! To be honest, i've seen his mother Beatrix, being queen than, about 30 years ago just a meter away in front of me. I could not ask her questions, but man, that was a moment.

Sam did a very good job! Good questions and it would be a great idea to have him co-hosting the whole thing on tv next time just to get another perspective. 😊 It would be a breath of fresh air.

This was more fun to watch then the tv registration. Kuddo's to Sam. Love that guy!

My hometown! And thanks for wearing 🧡

Sam did a great job ,give him a follow he deserves it

Hi Ashton. Haven't seen you in a while. Very nice to see you doing so well

Twintig eight april its kings dag bro 👍

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For your information. No Dutch people in that old part of Rotterdam south.

nice video, ja we love our king

Touzani IS the dutch king.

The Dutch King is not The Leader of the Country he has no Power. It's Only for Show. It is really Sad for this Family

Everybody how dont loves our dutch family need to immigrate to the usa. We have the best royaal family of the world. We are getting so much respect because of them from all around the world. If we didnt had them the Netherlands whas a much bigger chaos and totaal losers. I love them and i will fight for them and my country. If that whas needt to. Willem and Maxima i love you hahaa ❤

It's crazy how they have used everything that should have pointed into my direction for a side effect that made it far more difficult for me to make people trust me on my word of honour ... Koning Willem Alexander is Taurus and so was koningin koningin Juliana, born in the same year as Daniel Lobe (born in Amsterdam on December 4, 1909 and diceased in Antwerp on April 12, 2000). Daniel Lobe is only connected to me, and not my sister Kristin or my niece An Kiebooms and that's part of the program ... I got knowledge that nobody else has and finally, it fits into ONE story that is unlike the stories we ever heard of. I'm sure that there is a document that is telling (encrypted) who the one expected was and when I started to share on Facebook what happened to me and how I would use my knowledge to solve some persistent problems, the few people that knew that document must have seen that it filled in the dots without any doubt - but they decided to cover it up again and change the narrative on their behalf. I was persistent as well and I couldn't understand why they would change the good into something that is obviously an ugly lie - *I am the one I claim te be* and I am the only one with the knowledge we now need to change direction on a collective level. Everything falls at the right pace, even celebrating the King of the Netherlands - the Taurus King as expected in the Bible, but they are mistaken because I am not bon into a noble family. My surname, however, is connected to the Louis Kiebooms, who saved Daniel Lobe from deportation (stating that his wife wasn't Jewish, so he had to take care of his family alike the other Belgians). Years later, I married Daniel's eldest grandson, Peter and he must have seen it as a sign to do something back, so he probably gave the vacation home in France to Peter and me, together with a large sum of money to entertain the property (so it could stay a family vacation home). Louis Kiebooms was not my grandfather, but I suppose that J.F.K. (Johannes Franciscus Kiebooms) was his nephew. My grandparents had financial problems after the war and it's very obvious that this must be linked to the fact that Louis Kiebooms paid a fierce price for his humanity (he was sent to a concentration camp himself for 4 years). Btw, we never got the vacation home for real, Peter only brought the painting that hung in the staircase home and that painting opened a shutter in my mind - the woman on that picture was my mother (Katharina van Kleef) and I was Belisa Barca (Isabella van Keef), sitting on her father's lap (Petrus X), giving him instruction how to paint my mother, who was watching us at the wall. This was the first previous life I remembered and soon, there wer several lives in different periods. The oldest one is the life of Ka (and Inti), 26.000 years ago in present Peru. I mean, this is putting rice in one scale and gold in the other, but people don't give their chances away so easily. If those flash backs were part of a psychose, they would have faded away again, but they didn't and I found more and more evidences myself and saw how everything was suppressed for no reasons. I had a Facebook account and that worked really fine, but very soon, they started to block it over and over again, so I decided to using the comment box of YT videos instead. I understand that we're in the process of awakening on a collective level, but don't see the patterns that are making us blind again. I can accept the consequences of my own choices but can't accept the choices that have been made in my name, ignoring the whole narrative. Koning Filip of Belgium is exactly 30 years older than my eldest son (the reason why I married Peter in the first place) and it's obvious that Peter got a lot of support from the Netherlands when I decided to divorce him (I only knew his DNV mail address and saw that the mails ere often written by a Dutch and not a Flemish speaking person). My own e-mail address is corrupted because of it and it is impossible to use that fact alone to clear my name (because they saw it as my own problem, although this is a matter of emergency for the collective and my hourglass is empty for more than 11 years). It's so UNFAIR because those people already have more than they can consumate in their life time and I have to live carefully because I've been financially sucked empty, but that doesn't change the initial plan (and I get an emergency exit for myself and my beloved ones, so I can complete the life I was promised to have without public interference. This would and could only happen ONCE and wehave screwed it up again, staying blind for everything that happens under the radar. The rest of the story will explain itself - if we don't change our mentality asap, this is going to be an extremely karmatic period for all of us. I wanted to HELP you, but you pushed me away as if I was the sickness you wanted to avoid by all costs. There is no doubt left after seeing how sick people have become - it was all for the money and nobody thought about the price to pay ... Deny me, I don't mind anymore, problems do not disappear because you wat so, but because you've used your ability to solve problems without creating new ones (and this is the time when everybody shall have to pay for ones own contribution - I can't save the situation anymore, so it's up to you to decide how we'll fill in the future!)

5:29 I think that protest is more than justified they go to the poorest municipality in the Netherlands costs to organize all this 4 million euros they should have distributed those 4 million among the poor. there are enough people here who are afraid every day that they have nothing to eat.