Belgian royalty, pfeh! Maxima is way cooler!

i don't understand the idea of royalty..... at birth, without public opinion, they are given power money and respect... having earned none of it.
you forget that these people made all of this money, and ownership of lands through the suffering of you ancestors...... kind of like the colonist did off the slaves, but in this case it's still going on ...???... think about that for a minute.

The members of the Royal House of Oranje-Nassau has always been a beacon of stability for the Kingdom. They're proffesionals through and through, well versed and capable at what they do. Their neverending effort to promote our nation across the world has given rise to many profitable trade agreements.

Let's also not forget that William I of Orange freed this nation from the tyranical rule of the Spaniards. I could go on and on about the things I like about them, but I'll keep it short, nobody likes a rambler.

As for the Belgians, it's a shame things went how they did, but in the end I think we're better off without them.

"i don't understand the idea of royalty..... at birth, without public opinion, they are given power money and respect... having earned none of it.
you forget that these people made all of this money, and ownership of lands through the suffering of you ancestors...... kind of like the colonist did off the slaves, but in this case it's still going on ...???... think about that for a minute."

We chose our first king. Leopold I was chosen by the Belgians, and he accepted it. He was a limp part of the English Royal family when his wife died, but accepted to be king rather than doing nothing or the rest of his life. Also, our king a has zero power, in fact he has less power than your or any other president. He's the executive power, and has to make every law valid by ratifying it, but he has no right to veto or anything. His role is to be a neutral beacon in a nation that consists out of 2 groups. The only thing he can do is pick a person (among the electorial winners) that forms a new goverment after the elections.

"The members of the Royal House of Oranje-Nassau has always been a beacon of stability for the Kingdom. They're proffesionals through and through, well versed and capable at what they do. Their neverending effort to promote our nation across the world has given rise to many profitable trade agreements."

Same as in Belgium, I think. The sole role of our king's to be a referee between different political players (who often polarize due to different political ideas and who are afraid to lose a lot of voters). I wouldn't call them "professionals through and through", but they're the best possible people to do the job. And indeed, they they're good for the economy. They hold a vast network of international contacts (with other princes, large industrial leaders etc, wich they build up at elite schools (like Beau Soleil in Villars) ) and their economic missions and so on. It's proven that a royal family is very profitable for the economy, more than a president.

Also, a president would be a terrible choice in the case of Belgium, when you consider the shifting of votes among different parties in both wallonian and flemish parties. It's more than likely to assume that we would have a different president with every new election. The problem is that we'd have to pay a vast amount of money to different retired presidents. People nag about the dotations we pay to the king, but it's be nothing compared to that (although, I do think we shouldn't give dotations to every prince, mbut merely to the first in line.

And collects agricultural money of the EU!

Do I sense a trace of jealousy there?