Leo at Queen Beatrix 'secret' visit to Dordrecht - Holland - 9 October 2001
1 Journalists waiting for Queen Beatrix • 2 Leo Roubos & Dirk Hol
3 Queen Beatrix • 4 Minister Jan Pronk gives a press conference
5 Minister Jan Pronk takes the time for the journalists • 6 Leo just ended his exclusive interview with the minister
One day
after the visit of crown prince Willem-Alexander and Maxima
his mother Queen Beatrix wanted to visit Dordrecht secretly.
Some
journalists - like me - got tips about the visit of the minister and a
higher placed person.
That only could be Prime Minister Wim Kok or Queen Beatrix, but I did not
believe that.
There
were lots of police men when I arrived there
and I saw the cars with the AA-numberplates.
It was true - the Queen was there!
Queen
Beatrix and Minister Jan Pronk visited the waste dump
Derde Merwedehaven in Dordrecht.
Lots of
people of Sliedrecht complain frequently
about the bad smell of the controversial dump.
And the
same minister Pronk in 2000 even ordered an investigation
about the health of the people of Sliedrecht because of that.
Minister
Pronk stated that Queen Beatrix only visited the dump
to learn more about the environment and the waste problem in
Holland.
I made live reports about this national news for Radio Rijnmond.
© Made by Dirk Hol & Etienne Busink
