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Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, and became heiress presumptive upon the accession of her mother, Queen Juliana, in 1948. Beatrix attended a public primary school in Canada during World War II , and then finished her primary and secondary education in the Netherlands in the post-war period.
30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013: Her Majesty The Queen; 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld [1] Beatrix's full regnal title was:
Queen Juliana accouncing her intent to abdicate. Following a reign of 31 years which began with the abdication of her mother Queen Wilhelmina in 1948, Queen Juliana, in a television and radio address to the nation on 31 January 1980, announced her intent to abdicate the throne in favour of her eldest daughter, Beatrix, in accordance with the precedence set by her mother.
2013: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Abdication date: April 30, 2013. Age at abdication: 75 years old. Length of reign: 33 years. Succeeded by: Her son, the now-King Willem Alexander. Queen ...
The Queen forever pledged herself to royal service at the age of just 21.
A friend of Beatrix's once commented that Queen Elizabeth and then-Queen Beatrix were close friends and confidants. Sweden. ... was forced into exile in 1946, is no longer a monarch, but still a ...
Beatrix 31 January 1938 (age 87) 30 April 1980: 30 April 2013: Daughter of Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld Abdicated: Orange-Nassau:
The King (King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands), the current head of the royal house, oldest child of Queen Beatrix; The Queen (Queen Máxima), wife of the King The Princess of Orange (Catharina-Amalia), eldest child of the King and Queen; Princess Alexia, middle child of the King and Queen; Princess Ariane, youngest child of the King and Queen