 Showing compassion and concern, reassuring the people, her tireless efforts would permanently endear her to the citizens of the Netherlands.In 1956, the influence of Hofmans on Juliana's political views almost brought down the monarchy in a constitutional crisis; this caused the court and the royal family to split into a "Bernhard faction", set on removing a queen considered a religious fanatic and a threat to NATO, and the queen's pious and pacifist courtiers.Prime Minister Willem Drees resolved the crisis.