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Before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle head to the 2020 Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, the couple made a stop in England.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A group of Dutch historians has published an in-depth criticism of the work and conclusion of a cold case team that said it had pieced together the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.The cold case team's research, which was published early this year in the book “The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation,” by Canadian academic and author Rosemary Sullivan, immediately drew criticism in the Netherlands.Now, in a 69-page written “refutation,” six historians and academics describe the cold case team’s findings as “a shaky house of cards.” The book's Dutch publisher repeated an earlier apology and announced Tuesday night it was pulling the book from stores.The book said that the person who revealed the location of the Frank family's secret annex hiding place in an Amsterdam canal-side building was likely a prominent Jewish notary, Arnold van den Bergh, who disclosed the location to German occupiers of the Netherlands to save his own family from deportation and death in Nazi concentration camps.The Dutch historians reviewed the team's work and concluded that the “accusation does not hold water.”The historians said the book “displays a distinct pattern in which assumptions are made by the CCT (Cold Case Team), held to be true a moment later, and then used as a building block for the next step in the train of logic.

Prince Harry is ready for this year’s Invictus Games.

Prince Harry is said to have 'raised tensions' within the Royal Family after he revealed that he would be going to the Invictus Games.

Prince Harry transformed into orange fancy dress as he promoted the Invictus Games which is set to be held in Holland in April.The Duke of Sussex, 37, was seen speaking with members of the team as he practised his Dutch ahead of the fifth Invictus Games which is set to take place in The Hague, Netherlands, between April 16 and 22. Harry was seen on a video call in his home office at the reported £10.5million Montecito mansion he shares with wife Meghan Markle, 40, and children Archie, two, and nine month old daughter Lilibet.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch police have received five reports of alleged criminal abuse linked to “The Voice of Holland” talent show and some 20 reports of “inappropriate behavior and possible sexually transgressive behavior” by people linked to the show.The police statement on Monday revealed no further details of the complaints, citing privacy.The online investigative show “BOOS” — the Dutch word for “angry” — reported last month that it had received multiple claims ranging from an allegation of rape to sexually-tinted WhatsApp messages sent by two panelists on “The Voice of Holland” and its pianist and band leader.The show's former producer, media tycoon John de Mol, apologized and told “BOOS” that in his years as “The Voice of Holland's” producer he only received one complaint, and that was against the show’s pianist and band leader Jeroen Rietbergen, in 2019.Rietbergen was the partner of De Mol’s sister, the Dutch television star Linda de Mol. She ended their relationship and the popular talent show was taken off the air amid the allegations.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The former producer of Dutch talent show “The Voice of Holland” apologized Thursday after allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct linked to the ratings blockbuster were aired. Police and prosecutors called reports of the alleged abuse “disturbing” and urged victims to come forward with their experiences.The online investigative show “BOOS" — the Dutch word for “angry” — reported that it had received multiple claims ranging from an allegation of rape to sexually-tinted WhatsApp messages by two panelists on “The Voice of Holland” and its pianist and band leader.Dutch media mogul John de Mol responded to the allegations in an interview during the “BOOS” show Thursday.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Dutch king ruled out Thursday using, for now at least, the royal family's “Golden Carriage,” one side of which bears a painting that critics say glorifies the Netherlands' colonial past, including its role in the global slave trade.The announcement was an acknowledgement of the heated debate about the carriage as the Netherlands reckons with the grim sides of its history as a 17th-century colonial superpower, including Dutch merchants making vast fortunes from slaves.“The Golden Carriage will only be able to drive again when the Netherlands is ready and that is not the case now,” King Willem-Alexander said in a video message.One side of the vehicle is decorated with a painting called “Tribute from the Colonies” that shows Black and Asian people, one of them kneeling, offering goods to a seated young white woman who symbolizes the Netherlands.The carriage is currently on display in an Amsterdam museum following a lengthy restoration. In the past it has been used to carry Dutch monarchs through the streets of The Hague to the state opening of Parliament each September.“There is no point in condemning and disqualifying what has happened through the lens of our time,” the king said.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The heir to the Dutch throne took part in a ceremonial meeting of the government's chief advisory body Wednesday in a symbolic step into the royal limelight a day after she turned 18.Princess Amalia, the eldest of Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima's three daughters, was formally welcomed by her father to the Council of State advisory panel in a nationally televised ceremony.“Since yesterday, as our constitution also solemnly formulates, I have a rightful seat

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Rembrandt van Rijn's iconic painting “The Night Watch” will be restretched to get rid of deformations in its top left corner, the Netherlands’ national museum announced Wednesday.The 379.5x453.5-centimeter (149.4x178.5-inch) canvas will be removed from its wooden stretcher next month and placed on a new one to remove rippling that was caused when the world famous painting was housed in a temporary gallery while the Rijksmuseum underwent major renovations from

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- International Criminal Court appeals judges have cut by two years the sentence of an Islamic radical who pleaded guilty to overseeing the destruction of historic mausoleums in the Malian desert city of Timbuktu, the court announced Thursday.Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, a former teacher, was sentenced to nine years in 2016 for the war crime of intentionally attacking buildings of a religious and historical character.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- People in the Netherlands can get to know their future queen a little better with the publication Tuesday of an authorized book about Princess Amalia three weeks before her 18th birthday.The book delves into Amalia's school life, her occasional work at a beach bar, her love of horseback riding and her education plans. The princess recently graduated high school and is taking a gap year before going to a university.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A 59-year-old man, described as an “incorrigible and calculating criminal” was convicted Friday of stealing a painting by Vincent van Gogh and another by Frans Hals from two Dutch museums last year, and sentenced to the maximum eight years in prison.Neither of the paintings, each worth several million euros (US dollars) has been recovered.The man, whose identity was not released in line with Dutch privacy rules, was found guilty of snatching the Van Gogh painting “The

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Amsterdam municipality says it will return a valuable painting by Wassily Kandinsky to the heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned it, ending years of legal wrangling over the work that was sold at auction in 1940.“This is a historic injustice that is being put right,” Simon van der Sluijs, a lawyer who has represented the heirs, said Friday.Amsterdam municipality said in a statement that it will return the 1909 work, "Painting With Houses," without a new

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Amalia, has decided for the next few years not to accept the allowance -- worth some 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) per year -- that she is entitled to receive annually once she turns 18 in December.The princess sent a hand-written letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte informing him of her decision on Friday.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.The choice of a winning photo portraying the global pandemic was almost inevitable for the contest covering a year in which news around the globe was dominated by the virus that has killed nearly 3 million people, including more than 360,000 in

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch police arrested a suspect Tuesday in the theft last year of two valuable paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals from different museums, a spokeswoman said. The paintings, however, remain missing.In a statement posted on Twitter, police spokeswoman Maren Wonder said a 58-year-old man was arrested at his home in the Dutch town of Baarn, 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Amsterdam.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, the medium of choice for millions of bedroom mix tapes, has died, said Philips, the company where he also helped develop the compact disc.Ottens died Saturday at age 94, Philips confirmed.A structural engineer who trained at the prestigious Technical University in Delft, he joined Philips in 1952 and was head of the Dutch company's product development department when he began work on an alternative for existing tape

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940.Amsterdam District Court upheld a 2018 ruling by the Netherlands' restitution committee that the artwork titled “Painting With Houses,” which is the collection of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum, does not have to be returned to the family.James Palmer, who represents

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A man who sent death threats to the Dutch king's eldest daughter, Princess Amalia, was sentenced Tuesday to three months imprisonment and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment.The Overijssel District Court convicted the 32-year-old man of sending threats via Instagram to the 16-year-old heir to the Dutch throne and one of her friends.“He threatened her with rape and threatened both of them with death,” said Ronald van Vuure, a judge at the court authorized to speak

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands stole the spotlight during the opening event of the parliamentary year Prinsjesdag (Prince’s Day) in the Grote Kerk on Monday (September 15) in The Hague, Netherlands.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A painting by 17th-century Dutch artist Frans Hals has been stolen — for the third time — from a provincial museum in the central Netherlands.Police said Thursday that “Two Laughing Boys” was stolen early Wednesday from the Museum Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden in Leerdam, 60 kilometers (about 35 miles) south of Amsterdam.The museum declined comment, referring questions to the police.A statement issued by police said the museum's alarm went off around 3:30 a.m.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Dutch art sleuth has received “proof-of-life” photos of a Vincent van Gogh painting stolen in late March from a Dutch museum that was closed at the time because of the coronavirus. Arthur Brand, an art detective with a long track record of recovering stolen works, said Thursday that he received the photos recently and that they have been circulating in Mafia circles.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Dutch museum that is currently closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus said Monday a painting by Vincent van Gogh on loan for an exhibition was stolen in a raid overnight.

Prince Harry is postponing his annual Invictus Games due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prince Harry announced via video today that the 2022 Invictus Games will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany.Meanwhile, this year's Invictus Games, the fifth iteration of the competition, will take place in The Hague, Netherlands.It was previously announced that the Invictus Games would take place every two years, rather than every year.Today, Prince Harry announced via video that the 2022 Invictus Games will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany.Harry, who also serves as the Invictus Games Foundation