12 things you never knew about the Dutch royal family
King Willem-Alexander used to be known as the Lager Prince; Queen Beatrix celebrates her birthday with a giant car boot sale and the Dutch crown is made of fish scales
Queen Beatrix abdicates Dutch throne to Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander
Queen Beatrix abdicates in favour of King Willem-Alexander – in pictures
Netherlands welcomes King Willem-Alexander
A Dutch king on Queen's day: Amsterdam prepares for inauguration party
February 2013
Queen Beatrix bucks 'job for life' trend among Europe's monarchs
Despite going through some tough times, Europe's ageing monarchs refuse to step down – except in the Netherlands
January 2013
Queen Beatrix's abdication: too 'typically Dutch' for the Windsors?
Joris Luyendijk
Shortcuts
The Dutch abdication: could Queen Elizabeth be next?
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands - in pictures
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of son
February 2012
Son of Queen Beatrix of Netherlands injured in avalanche
Prince Friso seriously hurt and in intensive care after helicopter rescue from Lech ski resort in Austria
January 2012
Divine dispatches: religion news roundup
Divine dispatches: a religion roundup
David Shariatmadari
Queen Beatrix of Netherlands defends decision to wear headscarf on state visit
May 2009
Driver in car attack on Dutch royals dies
• Karst Tates killed five people near bus carrying Queen Beatrix • Attacker had lost job and faced eviction, say neighbours
April 2009
Speeding car ploughs down onlookers watching Queen Beatrix of Netherlands
Two die as car hits crowd of royal wellwishers in Netherlands
June 1999
Royals who pedal all the way to bank
Queen Beatrix's carefully cultivated image as the "bicycling monarch" whose life is much like that of any other Dutch mother of three has taken a serious knock among her subjects: the US financial magazine Forbes calculates that she is one of the world's richest rulers - worth a cool £25bn.
