The Royal Rabbit
During the Napoleonic Wars, the Emperor Napoleon in the interests of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, made his brother Louis king of the Netherlands. OK, it was mostly Fraternity. Louis, instead of declaring himself Koning van Holland (King of Holland) he announce that he was Konijn van Olland (Rabbit of Olland). The Netherlands had previously been a republic, so there wasn’t royal palace for Louis to move into. Instead he took over the Amsterdam town hall, and had it done up…