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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.
Beatrix [1] (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːjaːtrɪks ˌʋɪlɦɛlˈminaː ˈʔɑr(ə)mɡɑrt] ⓘ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
Commemoration medal for Queen Beatrix's inauguration in 1980. Since the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina in 1898, the Dutch government issues for each inauguration a limited number of commemoration medals (Inhuldigingsmedaille). The obverse shows the profile of the new monarch, while the reverse features the royal monogram, surrounded on the ...
2013: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Abdication date: April 30, 2013. Age at abdication: 75 years old. Length of reign: 33 years. Succeeded by: Her son, the now-King Willem Alexander. Queen ...
Queen Juliana and Princess Beatrix serving cocoa and buns to their staff on Christmas 1960 The queen was noted for her courtesy and kindness. In May 1959, for example, Polish-American ufologist George Adamski received a letter from the head of the Dutch Unidentified Flying Objects Society, Rey d'Aquilla, informing him that she had been ...
On 31 January, Queen Beatrix's 64th birthday, there was a black-tie dinner and ball at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam for 500 guests to celebrate the impending wedding and The Queen's birthday. [citation needed] The day before the wedding, there was a lunch and concert at the Royal Concertgebouw attended by 1,600 guests.
The riots were centred around the Dam Square, where the new Queen's inauguration took place. [4] Clashes also happened in and around Blauwbrug, Rokin and Vondelstraat. [5] One of the protesters, Karel Fassotte, claimed in an interview that apart from squatters, people taking part included ordinary students and football hooligans. [6]
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 94th birthday on April 21, 2020. This year's celebrations will be slightly different as the monarch and her husband Prince Philip are on lockdown at Windsor ...