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A. W.P. Wentzel who described King Willem III's character in terms understandable only to the discerning reader (source).

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A story whispered down in the Roosingh/Hermans family has it that the mother of Hendrika Jacoba van Delft was an illegitimate child of King III of The Netherlands and a chambermaid. She became the "adopted" spouse of a theology student, who turned to writing pieces for the theater. True or false, the story sounds quite plausible given the time frames and the available, or rather, not available genealogical data as well as the fact that the Kings behavior towads his personnel and extra-curricular activities are well known. The king's character is the subject of a manuscript by A.W.P. Weitzel (1816-1896), a militairy officer who also served as the Minister of War in two Dutch cabinets. Weitzel perceived the king's character as having been inhereted from his ancestors, who included Russian czars. Publishers were loath to print it. It was only more than a century later that the book, edited by Paul van 't Veer, finally saw the light of day under the title Maar majesteit! And so, my grandchildren, Eric and Adriana,

An additional matter of interest is some of the strange behavior exhibited by the the daughter of whom we believe to be King Willem III. She has been observed marching militairy-style up and down her room! My personal interest in doing this work is trying to find a decent answer to the question "Why do we think and behave the way we do?" Or, to put it another way, "Who or what are the parents of our soul?"