A former Lockheed employee charged that the prince Bernhard had profited royally from sales of Lockheed’s supersonic Starfighter to The Netherlands. Bernhard denied the charges.

Stories about bribe taking by Prince Bernhard had been floating around Amsterdam since last December. At that time Ernest F. Hauser, an American and former Lockheed employee whose credentials include a criminal record (for fraud), charged that the prince had profited royally from sales of Lockheed’s supersonic Starfighter to Theā€¦