(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, JUN 18 - Embarrassment in the royal palace for the new gaffe of the Dutch king Willem-Alexander at the center of the polemics for shaking hands with various football fans not respecting the rules of social distancing linked to the coronavirus.
To report the episode, yet another for the sovereign who had already committed several missteps during the lockdown in the past, were the local newspapers that followed the sovereignty while Last night in The Hague during the match of the European football Netherlands-Austria hand to various fans. Without a tie, with his shirt slightly unbuttoned, an orange scarf around his neck, a smiling Willem-Alexander did not respect the distance of five feet while chatting with the locals.
The king was criticized by some members of the government, such as the Minister of Justice, Ferdinand Grapperhaus, who stressed that the rules apply to everyone, including members of the royal family. (HANDLE).
