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Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, and became heiress presumptive upon the accession of her mother, Queen Juliana, in 1948. Beatrix attended a public primary school in Canada during World War II , and then finished her primary and secondary education in the Netherlands in the post-war period.
The 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family occurred on 30 April in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, when a man drove his car at high speed into a parade which included Queen Beatrix, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and other members of the royal family. The attack took place on the Dutch national holiday of Koninginnedag (or Queen's Day). [3] [4]
Queen Juliana accouncing her intent to abdicate. Following a reign of 31 years which began with the abdication of her mother Queen Wilhelmina in 1948, Queen Juliana, in a television and radio address to the nation on 31 January 1980, announced her intent to abdicate the throne in favour of her eldest daughter, Beatrix, in accordance with the precedence set by her mother.
Princess Beatrix and Claus view their wedding presents at Soestdijk Palace, 5 March 1966 Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix and Claus at the pre-wedding dinner at the Hilton Amsterdam, 8 March 1966. A number of pre-wedding balls, dinners, receptions and concerts were held in the weeks leading up to the wedding.
In another wedding portrait, the two families pose together: Charles with his parents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and his sons, Princes William and Harry, and Camilla with her father ...
Queen Beatrix followed Dutch tradition, becoming the third monarch in a row to abdicate. (Her mother, Queen Juliana, abdicated on her 71st birthday, and her grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina abdicated ...
30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013: Her Majesty The Queen; 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld [1] Beatrix's full regnal title was:
The heist took place at MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, which featured four prints of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and ...