Royal Headscarf

From the BBC:
"Dutch Queen Beatrix calls headscarf row 'nonsense'"

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has dismissed as "real nonsense" a domestic political row over her wearing of a headscarf while on a trip to the Gulf. She was reacting to questions in parliament tabled by Geert Wilders's Freedom Party (PVV) which claimed she "legitimises the oppression of women". Queen Beatrix wore a gown and headscarf first on Sunday at a mosque in Abu Dhabi and again on Thursday in Oman.

During Thursday's visit to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in the Omani capital, Muscat, the queen wore a red shawl over her hat while Princess Maxima who was accompanying her also had her head covered. Although the queen regularly speaks to the Dutch press at the end of a royal tour, her frank remarks about a domestic political party are being seen as unprecedented.

^ I am all for banning headscarves and things like that in the Western World, but if a Muslim country requires them than that needs to be respected by visitors - such as the Dutch Queen. There are several Muslim countries that ban headscarves and I think that it is a good thing, but if the people in a country that requires them do not stand-up against headscarves then I see no issues with them and if I did then I don't have to travel to that country. ^

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16524897