Unredacted WikiLeaks Cables Include Dutch Queen's Residential Phone Number
Think you got a problem with telemarketers? Imagine being Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. While she might not get too many probing salesmen asking about the condition of her vinyl siding, Queen Beatrix may find her line clogged with inquirers wondering whether she has Prince Albert in a can before too long. That’s because the recent blast of unredacted diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks contains, gulp, Queen Beatrix’s residential phone number.
The US diplomatic cable in question not only lists Queen Beatrix’s residential line, it informs readers that Mr. Pim, the Grandmaster of the Queen’s Household, will be personally screening all calls asking for the queen. Smarmy prank callers may have a better chance leaving a message at the Queen’s office phone, which was also revealed and is available 24 hours a day.
Queen Beatrix may not be the only Dutch government persona who needs a Grandmaster to intercept her calls; Graham Cluley at Sophos reports that the phone numbers of former Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, foreign minister Ben Bot and defense minister Henk Kamp all appear in the WikiLeaks cables as well.

Image credit: Graham Cluley/Sophos
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Nimrod
September 06, 2011 at 8:58pm
Maybe ill call and ask what they plan on talking about at the next bilderberg group. Im sure it has to do with the further planned implosion of the global economey and their digital SDR they plan to replace the dollar with.
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Holly Golightly
September 05, 2011 at 10:17pm
Oh my goodness... People still use landlines and pay for TV??? Serves the queen right I say. She should use her vast fortune and buy a cell phone. Out with the old and in with the new... Oh wait, monarchies are old... My bad... LOL
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TerribleToaster
September 06, 2011 at 5:14am
As another demonstration of how little you actually know of the world, the Netherlands doesn't have a monarchy. They are a democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The Queen is purely a figure head with ceremonial duties. The only reason she is there is because she is culturally significant to the Dutch ethnic group. So unless you really hate people who are Dutch regardless of their political associations, your comment was completely uncalled for.
Also as a fun little quib for you, communism is possibly the world's first government, with evidence dating back to prehistoric times and has persisted throughout history in small forms. It was just that no one had called it communism. The youngest form of government is either a republic or a democracy depending on who you ask. So out with the old and in with the new, yes?
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Nimrod
September 06, 2011 at 9:01pm
your both retarded TBPH.
There is no god damn legitimate evidence dating back to prehistoric times of communism. Even if there was, how the fuck would you know that some other form of gov didnt existing before the time of the evidence you did find?
Ied also like to add the that share holding of Queen Beatrix make her more than just a little ceremonial btw.
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TerribleToaster
September 07, 2011 at 6:16am
"Communism is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage labour and private property in the means of production and real estate."
Cavemen lived in classless/stateless societies structured upon communal ownership of all things (a.k.a. common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and no private property in real estate). The also had no wage labour. Socialism is nothing new, Communism included.
"how the duck would you know that some other form of gov didnt existing before the time of the evidence you did find?"
We don't know. We just haven't found any evidence otherwise; hence, why it says "possibly" the oldest.
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Holly Golightly
September 07, 2011 at 12:32pm
I do not know what you are d-f-n-d-n- for greed. Why would you care about the rich? People want change. Us hardworkers are tired of not being able to get diamonds and Ferraris. Heck man, a new class structure has occured here in New York. Have you ever heard of the term "working homeless"? It is when somebody in their 30s or even 40s who still live home with their mama because they can not afford to live in those new expensive condos built across the street. There are still plenty of unsold units. I mean, they are building units that range from 3 million to 14 million in price. That is just waaay too insane for middle class America. No bank would give us a loan of that size in New York. So we are forced to live with our parents until they croak. In capitalism, we only care about the top 2% income earners like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Martha Stewart, Oprah, Bloomberg and Micheal Dell. Unless you are a part of that 2% exclusivity, I do not see why you would even care for capitalism to be honest with you. Heck man man, break down the rich and help out the poor. Everyone should be equal regardless of their bloodline, skin color, gender or appearence. This is why socialism and communism is such a wonderful thing. We need a change now, even if it means going back to what you label as "caveman" way of thinking. But maybe the cavemen were smart enough to understand that greed is wrong.
FYI before monarchy rule was religous elitism. Since religion was the first to answer our questions, they became the government that everybody obeyed by. They did not help anybody out other than to forgive their sins. Because of conflicts, war began with other religion, bringing forth some nasty problems to their people. The sollution to these problems? A king with his gold. He was suppose to represent the "middle class" which are only land owners. He keeps the gold between him and his elites, while working side by side with religion, but he got the last word. Then, the "new" middle class which were business owners and lawyers wanted to overthrow the king and distribute the wealth to themselves. If you were successful, you would be rich as the late king. Problem is, these owners got greedy, and started outsourcing their jobs while the lawyers sue the poor people for whatever they had left. This is where a socialist uprising begins. Imagine, a future of no elites. No more people being greedy. We all work together to make a better country. Although socialism will be replaced by communism because socialism still allows there to be an upper class... They are viewed as cash cows. But it will collapse on its own when the rich become counter-productive. Then comes communism, where there everyone works together, and has free land. The government uses its natural resources to keep the country going. Everyone gets free education, become smarter, and make new machines. The machines will take over the labour, and there, you have your Utopian Society. A lawless society where people are totally free. Everying is free for us, the people.
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