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Originally Posted by sunniefaith

And notice that the kid can't speak Dutch? Did they purposefully speak English to the kid only to exclude her from the family?

The reports I have seen don't actually say anything about the origin of the wife. It's perfectly possible from what I have read that the wife doesn't speak Dutch either and that the language of the home was/is English (which a Dutch diplomat will almost certainly speak at near-native level).