# Dutch Royal family attacked; 5 dead

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**Created:** [April 30, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-royal-family-attacked-5-dead/494888 "2009-04-30T20:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
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> [@Equipoise](#):
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> Damn, those poor people and witnesses! Why in the world would someone want to attack Queen Beatrix and her family?

Well, some might consider her interest in her company, _Royal Dutch Shell_, which is one of the big oil companies making her rich while polluting our air and causing global warming that may kill off our species – maybe some people don’t like that?

Though I don’t think that was what was bothering this nutcase.

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-royal-family-attacked-5-dead/494888/22 "2009-05-02T19:57:14Z")

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In its defense, Shell has a relatively good stance on environmental and human rights issues compared to the other big oil companies.

And incidentally, during World War II almost every luxury hotel in London was housing some government in exile.

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