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and provided military police services to the Princess Irene Brigade, a brigade formed in the United
Kingdom, consisting of Dutch soldiers.

After World War II, the Royal Marechaussee was split into a National Police Corps and another
Corp that once again was named “Royal Marechaussee”, which regained its military status. The
main tasks for the Marechaussee at that time were border protection, military police and guard
duties.
In 1994, the national and
municipal police forces were
merged into 25 regional police
forces. At that time, the police
and security tasks at the airports
were handed over to the Royal
Marechaussee. In 1998, the
Marechaussee became a separate
Service within the armed forces.
The present Royal Marechausse e
is a police organization with a
military status, under the
jurisdiction of the Ministry of
Defense, but mostly working for
the Ministry of Security and

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