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They are indeed all are alowed to vote. The RVD/ government information service did confirm to the newspaper Algemeen Dagblad that the King, his wife and daughters do not. I have not seen a statement and I don't think that a written statement was shared.
There is a written Q&A on the royal website however, which states:
Translated:
https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onder...n/vraag-en-antwoord/heeft-de-koning-stemrecht
It seems the statement was not updated yet to include the answer to the question of the Algemeen Dagblad about the daughters voting or not.
Princess Laurentien commented in 2017 that her brother-in-law had 'a very good reason' not to vote. In 2017 the king was asked what he would do IF voting would be made obligatory. His reply was that he would vote 'blanco'. It is in line with the statement above.
There are photos of Queen Emma going to the polling station in 1922, the first time women were allowed to vote. You can see her arriving to (at 1.10) and leaving after the vote, at minute 1:57:
When a politician asked Queen Wilhelmina if she would vote, she replied that she would not. She joked that if she did, she would vote for the homeless Amsterdam street mucisian 'Had-je-me-maar' (Cornelis de Gelder) who was a candidate for an anarchistic anti-election protest-party (Rapaille Partij). The party wanted to protest against the obligation to vote. Just before the city elections of 1921 he was arrested due to public drunkenness and he spent election day in a penal colony.
Queen Juliana voted in 1935. And after her abdication she wanted to use her right to vote again and did so in 1998.
According to the AD, Prince Constantijn and his wife do vote.
https://www.bd.nl/show/koninklijk-g...cb=0293a50e6d13e09a0218454aaf537a74&auth_rd=1
I doubt it that King Willem III, his brother Prince Hendrik or his uncle Prince Frederik voted.
There is a written Q&A on the royal website however, which states:
Heeft de Koning stemrecht?
De Koning heeft stemrecht, maar maakt er geen gebruik van omdat hij onpartijdig is.
Aangezien stemmen in Nederland geheim is, zou dit kunnen leiden tot speculaties op welke partij de Koning stemt. Overigens zou de Koning, als dit niet het geval was, een blanco stem uitbrengen.
Ook Koningin Máxima en Prinses Beatrix maken geen gebruik van hun stemrecht.
Translated:
Does the King have the right to vote?
The King has the right to vote, but does not use it because he is impartial.
Since voting is secret in the Netherlands, this could lead to speculation about which party the King votes for. Moreover, if this were not the case, the King would cast a blank vote.
Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix also do not use their voting rights.
https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onder...n/vraag-en-antwoord/heeft-de-koning-stemrecht
It seems the statement was not updated yet to include the answer to the question of the Algemeen Dagblad about the daughters voting or not.
Princess Laurentien commented in 2017 that her brother-in-law had 'a very good reason' not to vote. In 2017 the king was asked what he would do IF voting would be made obligatory. His reply was that he would vote 'blanco'. It is in line with the statement above.
There are photos of Queen Emma going to the polling station in 1922, the first time women were allowed to vote. You can see her arriving to (at 1.10) and leaving after the vote, at minute 1:57:
When a politician asked Queen Wilhelmina if she would vote, she replied that she would not. She joked that if she did, she would vote for the homeless Amsterdam street mucisian 'Had-je-me-maar' (Cornelis de Gelder) who was a candidate for an anarchistic anti-election protest-party (Rapaille Partij). The party wanted to protest against the obligation to vote. Just before the city elections of 1921 he was arrested due to public drunkenness and he spent election day in a penal colony.
Queen Juliana voted in 1935. And after her abdication she wanted to use her right to vote again and did so in 1998.
According to the AD, Prince Constantijn and his wife do vote.
https://www.bd.nl/show/koninklijk-g...cb=0293a50e6d13e09a0218454aaf537a74&auth_rd=1
I doubt it that King Willem III, his brother Prince Hendrik or his uncle Prince Frederik voted.
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