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An original investor, the largest single shareholder of Royal Dutch/Shell is the holding company for the Dutch Royal Family, set up by Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]].

Shell has been criticized by environmental and human rights groups for a number of their practices. Their involvement in [[Nigeria]] came to the forefront after the execution of dissident [[Ken Saro-Wiwa]] and eight others. Shell was also attacked for plans to dump an old [[Oiloil Platformplatform]] in the [[North Sea]] and eventually agreed to disassemble it onshore.