VERTROUWELIJK Nolen Van der List Advocaten, T.a.v. mr G. van Amstel AMSTERDAM. Datum: 6 juli 1998. Betreft: VORDERING Kenmerk: JH/GvA980706. Geachte heer Van Amstel, Vandaag wend ik mij tot u, gezien onze uitstekende samenwerking ten tijde van mijn dienstverband bij de Baak te Noordwijk in de periode 1989-1991, toen u nog werkzaam was te WIJK BIJ DUURSTEDE. Na mijn ontslag in juli 1991 - waarbij mijn toenmalige werkgeefster had bedongen bij mijn keuzeproces betrokken te willen blijven -
hebben zich tal van ontwikkelingen voorgedaan voortkomend uit uw advies in december 1991 om een handelsmerk te deponeren. Zo heb ik in die tijd het handelsmerk 'Instituto Cervantes' gedeponeerd bij het Benelux Merkenbureau in de categorie 'opleidingen' trainingen en cursussen'. In een later stadium is mij gebleken dat de Spaanse overheid eveneens een instituut heeft onder die naam. In het voorjaar van 1996 heb ik het handelsmerk definitief in gebruik genomen. Hierdoor is het Spaanse instituut met dezelfde naam op het Domplein alhier in beginsel illegaal. Ik 'gedoog' dit instituut, maar ben van mening dat zij mij schatplichtig zijn. In januari 1997 heb ik eveneens het Instituto Cervantes Limited England and Wales opgericht en mijn benoeming als director van deze 'company' ontvangen namens Companies House in Cardiff. In april vorig jaar heb ik mijn bevoegdheden in het Verenigd Koninkrijk overgedragen aan de Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, en haar voorgesteld om er per 28 september daaropvolgend een familiebedrijf Van der Heyden/Spencer van te maken in de vorm van een holding met werkmaatschappijen. Dit proces is echter ernstig verstoord geraakt door de interventie van de heer Dodi Al Fayed, die ik - evenals zijn vader Mohamed - verantwoordelijk houd voor het dodelijke ongeval in Parijs op 31 augustus vorig jaar. Hierdoor heeft de ontwikkeling van ons bedrijf ernstige miljoenenschade opgelopen. In dat verband acht ik het van belang een schadeclaim in te dienen bij de Chairman van Harrods, die van mijn positie op de hoogte is. Conform de bij mijn ontslag gemaakte afspraak heb ik mijn werkgeefster/collega, mevrouw Drs. E.H. Halbertsma, regelmatig op de hoogte gehouden van de ontwikkelingen terzake. Op dit moment ben ik budgettair beperkt. Nochtans stel ik het zeer op prijs indien u voor mij als raadsman wilt optreden en ontvang gaarne een vrijblijvende uitnodiging voor een onderhoud teneinde de heer Mohamed Al Fayed gerechtelijk te vervolgen. Uw uitnodiging zie ik met belangstelling tegemoet. Met vriendelijke groet, J.L. VAN DER HEYDEN. P.S. Ik denk dat ik tevens in Haar testament sta van december 1996.
Today I received a little statue of an angel carrying a red candle and a so called mistery present representing a peacock caring for three mushrooms from which two are broken down. My intuition tells me that this present must have a deep significance. It makes me think of a dear Lady and the broken hearts of two children who have my deepest concern. I think a lot of them. I hope it gives them some consolation and it will be a symbol of the new light. Tonight I will light the candle.
I'm solving a financial temporary problem, but I hope you will be able to come. The business plan I'm translating myself. I will bring it with me and come by train. Afterwards I will stay with you if you wish and follow you to England. In your country I can be appointed Earl. We had some more earls in our family, for example Karel (1749-1826), Senator in the Imperial Court of Napoleon in Paris (1810). Now I only can be called Sir. That would be a final solution of my personal problem and perhaps of yours as well. This would also be the end of a new fairy tale and a new chapter of the Bold and the Beautiful. There's only one problem: I'm ugly. Yours, Peter Pan.
Concerns: Core Business. In due course you need no heart surgeon anymore. After having reached a business agreement we can share our experiences. I will do the utmost to make it a success. So let it happen. You looked wonderful in New York. Mr Mac Knight has done a very good job. Please watch your health. Your Knight. The real one.
Date:
28 December 1996.
Concerns: Decision.
If we can reach a business agreement I will marry you.
If not, I will marry you too.
If you want. Yours.
I can inform that the continuity of British Monarchy has my Supreme Concern as a member of the oldest noble family of this continent that produced every Royal House in Our Continent. I am still prepared to marry the mother of Prince William. I have no problem with Her temporary relationship with Mr Al Fayed in order to raise a financial participation in the Business Plan Instituto Cervantes Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, England and Wales.
"No wedding says Diana"
'A seance? No, we visited the sick'. I noticed that you visited
a clairvoyant and Harrods brought a special delivery to KP in
the colours of the Institute of English Studies. Nice of them.
My competitor/concolleague in Madrid is the King of Spain. But
perhaps you know the text of our national anthem: 'The King of
Spain I have always honoured'. This song was written by Marnix
van Sint Aldegonde, a close friend of William of Orange and Gaspar
van der Heyden, the founder of the Nether-Dutch Church and fellow
founder of the State of the Netherlands. He descended from the
oldest noble family of Europe. It's a pity for Mr Dodi that he
has not the high noble standards that I have.
And now their faces are purple as heather
I think Mr Peter Jones, from West Horsley,
Surrey has got the message. To be continued, but on a professional
basis." Finally I have your sizes 5ft 10in and 36-24-36.
Now I can buy you a red and orange dress. In April I visited the
wedding dress department at Harrods. We call this 'learning by
experience' in management terms.
ULTIMATE CHALLENGE:
SOLVING THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN THE 'UNITED KINGDOM'
I have your best interest at heart.
With Love.
28 August
A historical day. Welcome home again. It means to you a year of
freedom. To me a year of new inspiration. A year of a new relationship
with Britain. A new starting point. A new process. Forgetting
Spain and Spanish for a while and concentrating on England and
English. I look back with a great sense of satisfaction. I have
learned to know you in a year. First by buying two books of Andrew
Morton. Then newspapers in which I followed you and learned to
know your world. As you stepped out of the royal household, I
got into, although out of a humble atmosphere. You have been my
inspiration to change. You inspired me to celebrate Christmas
in the cradle of our royal family. You inspired me to found a
new company in Britain with a world wide known name. You inspired
me to invest all my money in a new relationship. You were - and
still are - my invisible manager, the new partner on the other
side of the sea. I learned a lot during the last year. First of
all I learned to improve my English. I got new ideas, new thoughts
and noticed that they are the same as yours. I even adapted your
pronunciation after having seen and heard the video tape of your
visit to Angola. I consider you as my spiritual sister or better:
spiritual partner. You inspired me to come to England in April
with a painting under my arms, representing a new organization.
If it will become a family company. That will be your choice.
I started the process and created the conditions. That process
is still going on. From: Letters
to Diana, Princess of Wales
1 MAART 2000 SLUITSTUK TER ATTENTIE VAN MR GIJSBRECHT VAN AMSTEL