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Date: 3d May 2004 Concerns: YOUR LETTER OF 29TH APRIL Reference: 20040503JHBH In the first place I would like to thank you once
again for your hospitality last Tuesday the 27th of April. I also
received your letter of Thursday 29th April. Herewith you find my reaction. I've got my dictionnaries
in Spain and do not know what 'hook-line' and 'sinker' means.
But indeed it's intriguing that you determined my letters
as love letters on first glance. As a matter of fact I started
with the idea to help Diana
out of her awkward position and I am still convinced that we would
have succeeded without the intervention of the management of Harrods.
Last Friday I celebrated Queensday in my former village Maarn
were I still have my friends.
It was nice to be back in the
place where I lived with my family during eleven years (1981-1992)
and was a member of the Lions Club during 10 years. This gives
you an idea of the atmosphere in which I am used to live. I agree
that it is now time to move on and I am indeed not a person to
retire on a pension. In The Number One Bar in Torremolinos the
favourite song of the karaoke participants is 'Angels'. Most people
look at me when they sing that song. Specificly Diana's
personal friends that I know from HOTEL
BYBLOS in Mijas Costa and I am determined to continue Diana's work like we planned.
There is no one in the world who can stop that movement. In fact
I agree with all your suggestions and am extremely happy with
your feedback.
To build up the Cervantes Organization I need more people, more capital and I know that
there are still a lot of young people who can carry out my plans.
Of course my education will always remain the prime mover. It
contains the basic elements of bringing people together. To use
the old Dutch and Spanish
Castles is a tremendous idea. And what
about the castles in England,
Wales and Scotland? The setting of Cervantes'
story of Don Quixote into the modern scene has started already
as you can see on this picture that I took last Friday of my good
old friend Erik Visser in Maarn.
Every creative process starts
with an idea. The story of the windmills is apealing but Sancho
Panza was also an interesting figure. In my daily report of the
29th of April
to my colleague Elizabeth I wrote her already about our conversation.
Today I also sent her copy of your letter, if you don't mind.
Building an organization is drawing circles. Reaching out for
people and inform each other as sincere as possible. I translate
my words to her into English: "Bill's first reaction after
having seen the first letters was that it was a book with love
letters. After I had told him how little copies of my book have
been sold and he had told me that his son is a film producer who
lives in Moscow he advised me to rewrite the book. He misses a
number of 'cross references'. And that is true. Out of my vision
the book only contains the strategic starting points for the building
of our organization. To me it is a 'legal framework'. A story
on which to fall back. In fact not written for the big audience.
Though not at this time. At the time it was my personal choice
to relate only my story. They are authentical issues that for
example can be used by a judge in formulating a judgement. At
this moment the book only serves for clarifying Diana's
death and the circumstances around it. In this sense I have also
brought up the exceptional treatment of Diana's
last will by former prime minister John
Major and the letters that I have written regarding that situation
to Prince Charles and Tony
Blair. Bill saw strong parallels between the lifes of Diana and me. He called
me a 'traveller'. According to him I have fought against windmills
as many times as Diana
had. In this sense I must think of the conversation that I had
in 1992 with Julio
Sampedro (former director of Philips Ibérica). He let
me know that Sancho Panza was also 'muy importante'. In other
words: money has to be earned. In the same letter I also wrote
her that I have told you "I fell in love with my company
director" and that you affirmed that that is a very good
basis for collaboration. So you see that I already started to
mull about the ideas you gave over our bottle of dry white wine.
To tie up my letters to Diana
in a pink ribbon I expect those ribbons from her
brother Charles out of her own room at Althorp
House. When I get in. I may suppose he will have a nice chest
in that room. It's a Question
of Honnour. I hope I will find another
love if my former love will not come back. When you receive this
letter you will probably be in London. If not, please give my
regards to Sir David
Lancaster in Knightsbridge and Lord Balfour
in Kings Street. I've got client number 361106 (age of Diana
and the date on which I proclaimed her 'Queen of Hearts' in Brussels).
Perhaps we can do some business together there. Because I think
that all my original Royal Letters (from five royal houses) are
worth a lot of money that I can use. I am not sure yet when I
go back to Spain. At least the last week of July I like to assist
the Congress of the European Association
of Teachers in Spanish in Segovia. Before I have to refresh
my website there. The rest of the time I will be free. Every best
wish as well, JOHN
VAN DER HEYDEN CC EH
The first PURPLE
GOVERNMENT of THE
KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS.
First row from left to right Minister
of Education, Culture and Sciences JO
RITZEN, Minister of Foreign Affairs HANS
VAN MIERLO, Prime Minister WIM
KOK, Founder Instituto Cervantes JOHN
VAN DER HEYDEN, Home Secrtetary and Vice Prime Minister HANS DIJKSTAL,
Minister of Justice WINNIE SORGDRAGER,
Minister van Finance GERRIT ZALM.
Back row from left to right Minister of Public Health and Sport
ELS BORST, Minister of Agriculture,
Nature and Fishing JOZIAS
VAN AARTSEN, Minister of Traffic and Water Management ANNEMARIE
JORRITSMA, Minister of Defense JORIS
VOORHOEVE, Minister of Economical Affairs HANS
WIJERS, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour AD
MELKERT and Minister of Development JAN
PRONK.
Instituto Cervantes is legally registered at the Benelux Trade Registrar under deposit numbers 0508277 and
843323 in class 41: education, trainings and courses and is a
tradename of the Foundation
Cervantes BeneLUX
in Nijmegen, registered under number 41211928 of the Chamber of
Commerce of Amsterdam (IBAN: NL91INGB0004729266 BIC: INGBNL2A). Instituto
Cervantes Limited
is registered for England and Wales under Company No. 3300636
at Companies
House, Cardiff.
Cervantes Holding
is a member of the Baak-kring
Management Centre VNO-NCW. Photograph ENGELENBURG CASTLE, KINGDOM
OF THE NETHERLANDS.
Instituto Cervantes está legalmente depositado como marca
comercial en el
registro de marcas del Benelux-Bureau
voor de Intellectuele Eigendom bajo los números de depósito 0508277
y 843323 en clase 41: educación, enseñanza y cursos
y es un nombre comercial de la Fundación Stichting Cervantes
Benelux en Utrecht,
inscrito bajo número 41211928 de la Cámara de Comercios
en Amsterdam (IBAN: NL91INGB0004729266 BIC: INGBNL2A). Instituto
Cervantes Limited
is registered for England and Wales under Company No. 3300636
at Companies
House Cardiff. Cervantes
Holding es miembro
del Baak-kring
Centro de Gestión
Empresarial del Patronal del Reino de los Países Bajos
VNO-NCW.
Foto arriba CASTILLO ENGELENBURG
EN BRUMMEN.
Instituto Cervantes is als handelsmerk wettig gedeponeerd bij het Benelux
Bureau voor de Intellectuele Eigendom onder depotnummers 0508277 en 843323 in klasse
41: onderwijs, opleidingen en cursussen en is een handelsnaam
van de Stichting
Cervantes Benelux
te Nijmegen, ingeschreven onder nummer 41211928 van de Kamer van Koophandel
te Amsterdam (IBAN:
NL91INGB0004729266 BIC: INGBNL2A). Instituto
Cervantes Limited
is registered for England and Wales under Company No. 3300636
at Companies
House, Cardiff.
Cervantes
Holding is lid van
de Baak-kring, Management Centre VNO-NCW.
La Corona de
la Casa
Real Española
sirve de símbolo de unidad de nuestros países y
muestra la Lealtad Histórica
como expresada en el himno nacional de los Países Bajos.
More information
at the website of Amazon.com, Wal-Mart and Trafford
Publishing Canada.
VANAF 16
OKTOBER 2004 HEEFT
DE OPRICHTER VAN DE STICHTING
CERVANTES BENELUX,
EIGENAAR VAN HET HANDELSMERK
INSTITUTO CERVANTES
IN DE BENELUX EN DE LIMITED
COMPANY INSTITUTO CERVANTES ENGLAND AND WALES - OP STRAFFE VAN EEN DWANGSOM -
EENIEDER WAAR OOK TER WERELD - VERBODEN GEBRUIK TE MAKEN VAN DE
BEELTENIS VAN ZIJN OP 31
AUGUSTUS 1997 TIJDENS
EEN ONTVOERINGSPOGING OM
HET LEVEN GEKOMEN PARTNER,
TENZIJ DIT BINNEN HET KADER VAN DE DOOR HEM VERSTREKTE VOLMACHTEN NADRUKKELIJK IS OVEREENGEKOMEN.
THE WORK CONTINUES
© J.L. VAN
DER HEYDEN TORREMOLINOS
ALLE
RECHTEN VOORBEHOUDEN