Overnight front pages split between grid congestion threatening up to 40% fewer new homes, inflation holding above 3% and Katwijk's approval of a US pill factory.
By morning attention converged on the presentation of the inquiry into the House of Orange-Nassau commissioned by Willem-Alexander. Outlets agreed the family backed colonialism with conviction and without reservation, while stressing limited influence on policy and meagre earnings from slavery against larger 19th-century colonial profits. The king called the findings schrijnend and confronterend and said he was geraakt.
Afternoon coverage turned to reactions, including activist Mitchell Esajas returning his ribbon and details such as stadholder Willem V receiving a teenager named Goliath, and to the stabbed FlyDubai captain saying he fought to save lives, as debate continued over cockpits and Netanyahu's framing. Minister Van Weel repeated that EU funds to Sierra Leone were stopped over Bolle Jos despite Brussels irritation.