Queen Beatrix' abdication
Jan. 28th, 2013 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzOur Queen is abdicating at April 30th of this year (Queensday). I must say I very much liked her speech, which was warm and emotional.
BBC News link: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to abdicate for son
Original speech here (Dutch).
the CNN story of the event.
BBC News link: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to abdicate for son
Original speech here (Dutch).
the CNN story of the event.
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Date: 2013-01-28 09:17 pm (UTC)I found it nice to hear there won't be an "Orange Day", but a King's Day, although I'm not sure yet if the new king will continue the tradition of his mother and mingle among the people. We'll see. If not, it's not the end of the country.