A new NPR profile this week celebrates the art and legacy of jumping double dutch–the game that came to create and define Black Girl Magic as the artform enters its 50th year as an organized sport.
Thats a rather negative view of the Dutch-Belgian contribution to Waterloo. It were mainly Dutch and Belgian units that held the vital points at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo they were largely responsible for halting the Imperial Guard. Sorry how am I being negative about the Dutch-Belgian troops?
William did have the habit of promoting Dutch members of his inner circle to prominent court positions in England which naturally irritated the natives. One practical division of power between the two states was that an Englishman would always assume command of a joint English/Dutch fleet while the Dutch had seniority within the land army.