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King Willem-Alexander

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July 2023

  • Outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte driving a car as seen through an open car window

    Mark Rutte hands in resignation as Dutch government collapses over asylum row

    Radically different outlooks of four parties on immigration ‘unbridgeable’, says four-time prime minister

June 2023

  • A few rows of people stand behind Moments Contained, the almost4 meter-high bronze statue of a young black woman by British artist Thomas J Price, outside Rotterdam Centraal station

    ‘It’s every woman, it’s us’: Rotterdam falls for British statue of ordinary black woman

  • King Willem-Alexander at the opening of a slavery exhibition in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in May 2021

    Dutch study reveals extent of wealth made via slavery from three past rulers

October 2022

  • Dutch crown princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands has reportedly moved from her student accomodation in Amsterdam to the royal palace due to threats to her security.

    Dutch crown princess moves out of student flat after security threats

    The eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander has moved back to the Huis ten Bosch royal palace in The Hague

June 2022

  • Queen Elizabeth II stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as part of her platinum jubilee celebrations.

    ‘On the throne till I drop’: how does British monarchy compare with European royals?

    Some monarchies have modernised to stay relevant but other dynasties have not been so successful
  • King Willem-Alexander

    Queen Beatrix abdicates Dutch throne to Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander

  • King Willem-Alexander, his mother Princess Beatrix and his wife

    Queen Beatrix abdicates in favour of King Willem-Alexander – in pictures

  • Netherlands welcomes King Willem-Alexander

  • Queen Beatrix and crown prince Willem-Alexander

    A Dutch king on Queen's day: Amsterdam prepares for inauguration party

January 2013

  • Queen Beatrix abdicates

    Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of son

    Beatrix to relinquish crown at end of April after 33 years, leaving monarchy to Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander
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