30 April 2013

Netherlands Welcomes Its First King After More Than 120 Years

Willem-Alexander has been sworn in as king of the Netherlands at a colorful ceremony attended by 2,000 visitors in Amsterdam. The 46-year-old became the country's first king since 1890 when his 75-year-old mother Beatrix signed the abdication deed after 33 years on the throne this morning.

As King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima took centre stage in Nieuwe Kerk, a decommissioned church, Princess Beatrix smiled happily, watching the proceedings with her three granddaughters, who all wore matching royal blue dresses.
Wearing a fur-trimmed ceremonial mantle, swore an oath of allegiance to his country and the constitution in the historic New Church.
  























 


 


























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