Prince Friso is dead

[observer]

There are reports on various news channels that Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau died on Monday, a year and a half after he was buried in an avalanche.

The Dutch royal website also reports the news: www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2013/augustus/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-overleden/

[paulchen]

I came back from holiday yesterday to this terrible news. I cannot say I am surprised, although it is an awful shock. I guess it is a blessèd relief to the family that he is not suffering any more. The cynics might say that Prince Friso's condition added to his Mother's plans to abdicate so that she wouldn't be in office when he finally departed this life. he was buried in the grounds of the village church next to the Palace where he grew up and where Princess Beatrix will retire to. It is also telling that he passed away the day after his wife's 45th Birthday. may he now rest in peace, poor man.