Next time you fly, there just might be a king at the plane's . Holland's King Willem-Alexander has just revealed he has been flying planes a month for KLM for 21 years. His did not know. The 50-year-old king got his military pilot's in his when he was in the Dutch Air Force. He developed a love of and became a pilot. He talked about his secret life as a pilot in an with journalists. The king said he now wanted to upgrade his . He is back on an aircraft simulator to train to fly Boeing 737s.
King Willem-Alexander told reporters that flying meant he could relieve all his . He explained: "You have an aircraft, passengers and . You have for them. You can't take your problems from the into the skies. You can disengage and concentrate on something . That…is the most relaxing of flying." He said it was easy to keep his while flying. Very few passengers knew he was piloting their plane. He said: "I always…wish everyone a welcome on behalf of the and the crew. I don't…say my own name."
