There is outrage in the Netherlands after the Dutch government has paid 461,000 euros of taxpayers’ money to place a security fence around Dutch King Willem-Alexander’s Greek holiday home in the Peloponnese. Confidential documents show the royal bought the villa in 2012 for 4.5 million euros. A Greek lawyer worked through negotiations on behalf of Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten to use the land owned by a neighbor to build the fence. An agreement for a 30-year lease was reached last year, however the deal, which covers 1,500 square meters costs more than the land itself that is estimated at 35,000 euros, according to RTL news.

“Obviously the government needs properly to protect the king, but we also need to avoid unneccessary costs,” said RTL. “The question here is whether it was necessary to lease the neighbour’s land for half-a-million euros instead of, as is usual, to build the fence on your own land.”

Greek media in June was full of stories about the building of a private harbor on the estate, outside the village of Kranidi in the Peloponnese giving the royal family direct access to the sea. There are claims that various laws have been broken to make it possible to buildthe harbor and fence of the estate.

This is the second time that a holiday house belonging to the Dutch royal couple has come under fire. In 2009, the royal couple were forced to sell a home in Mozambique following negative publicity about the property with claims of corruption, environmental damage and the problems caused to the local population.