After more than 30 years on the Dutch throne, Queen Beatrix will abdicate in April. This decision gave the monarch in the evening - a few days before her 75th Birthday - known on television. To the throne to follow her eldest son Willem-Alexander, the 45-year-old had been in recent years taken over more and more official duties by his mother.
Her own birthday and the 200th Birthday of the monarchy were the occasion for them to resign, Beatrix said in surprisingly scheduled televised address. "With the greatest confidence I pass the throne on April 30 at my son Willem-Alexander." Thus it passes the scepter exactly 33 years after her accession. Willem-Alexander is the first king. Since William III., Who died in 1890
Beatrix on Thursday 75 years old, yet she feels obviously no fatigue, "Thank does not, because the service to the public is too hard for me, but because I believe that the responsibility for our old country in the hands new one one generation. " The daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard had on 30 April 1980 ascended the throne, when she was 42 years old. Her mother had not gone to her death queen, but had abdicated in favor of Beatrix.
In her reign Beatrix became a widely popular symbol of the unity of the Netherlands. Moreover, the monarch has in forming a government an important role. Repeatedly it was for Beatrix, in difficult majority in parliament over a so-called reporter to intervene in the action.
Beatrix developed in the course of her long reign, a different style of rule as her mother, Queen Juliana, who was known for her extreme reticence. Beatrix turned repeatedly in politics and in social debates. They had a palace in the city of The Hague transform government into a "working palace" - there to consult with ministers, ambassadors and representatives of civil society.
Their diverse activities contributed Beatrix nicknamed "CEO of the Netherlands" a. She gave the monarchy a modern, powerful image. Recently, however, the monarch had often depressed. Observers made for the skiing accident her second oldest son Johan Friso responsible man who fell nearly a year ago after an avalanche in Austria into a coma.
Immediately after the speech the Queen took Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the word of appreciation for the tireless efforts of the monarch to the country. "It has become a Dutch icon," said Rutte, who also paid tribute to the future king of respect. "He and Princess Máxima are perfectly prepared for this task."
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