Following the Dutch tradition of the monarch abdicating when they feel the time is right, Queen Beatrix announced her intention to abdicate on 30 April 2013, Queens Day in the Netherlands. Queen Beatrix's mother and grandmother also abdicated and between the three queens, they have reigned for 123 years.
The Prince of Orange will be the first Dutch king since Willem III, who died in 1890.
Queen Beatrix has been very popular in the Netherlands and she hands over a secure throne to her eldest son. The Queen has been on her own since her husband, HRH The Prince of the Netherlands died and recently me of her sons was trapped under an avalanche and remains in a coma at a hospital in London.
Queen Beatrix will take a secondary role within the Royal Family once she abdicates and as her predecessors have done, may revert to the style and title of Princess. However the title of Queen may be kept.
The Queen also has a fabulous jewellery collection which the new queen will obviously be able to take advantage of.
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