Originally Posted by
DC8DRIVER
It is really amazing that he has been able to keep this under wraps for this long. It speaks to a great deal of humility and a passion for aviation that he didn't go public with this for his ego or some sort of political gain.
And it wasn't a secret.
Actually pretty well known in The Netherlands. Just nobody really made a big deal about it as it's been his hobby. Europeans tend to respect privacy a little more.
Then prince now king also participated in skating events under a pseudonym that everybody kinda knew anyway.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2014/02/23/elfstedentocht_this_insane_120_mile_speedskating_r ace_makes_the_winter_olympics.html
Doesn't the King of Jordan fly occasionally for Royal Jordanian?
I think his dad did.
Present King Abdullah flew against ISIS
I'll rate that a little higher on the BA-scale then the occasional passenger flight that 'nobody knows about'.