There will be no new inquiry into the precise role played by prince Bernhard in the Lockheed bribery affair, prime minister Mark Rutte told parliament on Monday evening.

The new inquiry was called for by left-wing liberal D66 party leader Alexander Pechtold who wanted a commission of historians set up to bring clarity to the affair after historian Gerard Aalders said Bernhard’s involvement was greater than so far thought.

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