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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