Thinking that his third brother would be like a lazy
panda only
aroused by hand-outs from its zookeepers , Napoleon set up his brother Louis Bonaparte as a somewhat caged puppet king of Holland. Unfortunately for Napoleon, Louis was anything but his
drone and put a
frosty attitude towards the Little Corporal's need to protect his flank from attack by the English as well as to supply his army with Dutch recruits.
These actions created a
galaxy of supporters for Louis as many saw how
brave he was to stand up to his brother. Word of actions like these also got a
round and encouraged others to try this
socket for more power in their own regions.
Louis was unfortunately kind of a
rookie in the art of political intrigue and there was a time when a blockade of Holland by the French probably only stopped a
gallon of
prawns at one port from coming in while allowing a boatload of goods
spurned elsewhere to come in. This was
modem for the removal of Louis from Kingship. Napoleon Bonaparte forced his brother to abdicate especially as the blockade was more of a
porch swing door than a dyke. Fortunately for the Dutch, this taste of a king who had their own interests at heart, left a path for the Dutch to set up their own Kings. It certainly gave a
rosier picture for friends of European monarchies and upset those factions which had
spurned monarchies.
Even if the real power is now somewhat
detached from the King and Queen in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe as well, you can still see the love of monarchy in the celebrations like the one shown in this
video of Dutch showing the orange for their royals. This would appear on streets, in
rugby and football matches, and I even
submit probably around those who were more interested in having their rooms
rotate due to getting high in Amsterdam. They could still root for the Orange even though high as kites.
http://za.news.yahoo.com/video/amste...163000701.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarc...he_Netherlands