thumb|upright=1.2|The triumphal entry of the Prince of Orange in Brussels. Print from The Wars of Nassau by Frans Hogenberg. Up to this time William's life had been marked by lavish display and extravagance. He surrounded himself with a retinue of young noblemen and dependents and kept open house in his magnificent Nassau palace at Brussels. Consequently, the revenue of his vast estates was not sufficient to prevent him being crippled by debt. But after his return from France, a change began to come over William. Philip made him councillor of state, knight of the Golden Fleece, and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, but there was a latent antagonism between the natures of the two men.
thumb|upright=12|The triumphal entry of the Prince of Orange in Brussels Print from The Wars of Nassau by Frans Hogenberg Up to this time William's life had been marked by lavish display and extravagance He surrounded himself with a retinue of young noblemen and dependents and kept open house in his magnificent Nassau palace at Brussels Consequently the revenue of his vast estates was not sufficient to prevent him being crippled by debt But after his return from France a change began to come over William Philip made him councillor of state knight of the Golden Fleece and stadtholder of Holland Zeeland and Utrecht but there was a latent antagonism between the natures of the two men