 She also began riding a bicycle for exercise and fresh air.Although the bicycle and the down-to-earth manners suggest a simple life style, the Dutch royal court of the 1950s and 1960s was still a splendid affair with chamberlains in magnificent uniforms, gilded state coaches, visits to towns in open carriages and lavish entertaining in the huge palaces.At the same time the queen began visiting the citizens of the nearby towns and, unannounced, would drop in on social institutions and schools.