Queen Beatrix thanks Dutch people on eve of abdication

Name: Queen Beatrix thanks Dutch people on eve of abdication
Uploaded: 2013-04-30T02:35:27.000Z
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Description: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has made a farewell national address on the eve of her abdication and investiture of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander.

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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has made a farewell national address on the eve of her abdication and investiture of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander.

The queen thanked the Dutch people for their "heart-warming displays of affection" and paid tribute to her late husband, Prince Claus.

The queen also attended a sumptuous gala dinner in her honour at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

She has been head of state since 1980, when her mother abdicated.

Europe

30 April 2013