I think taste comes second in the wearing of attributes of kingship. Queen Beatrix loves contemporary art but at the same time she is known as a precize controlfreak with an eagle's eye for detail when it comes to a punctual restoration of royal heritage. I can not imagine that all tralala at the palaces are the Queen's tastes, but she knows it is subservient to her functioning. For me it remains a mystery. By the way: the Queen wears huge pendants, like the aquamarine one recently. Why not the Stuart Diamond as a pendant in Brunei?