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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima leave Nieuwe Kerk or New Church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, after the inauguration Tuesday April 30, 2013.
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Netherlands celebrates King Willem-Alexander
Wed 1 May 2013
By Mike Corderand Toby Sterling Associated Press Comments | King Willem-Alexander, 46, arrives with his wife, Queen Maxima, for his inauguration in Amsterdam. He is the youngest monarch in Europe. (Fr... (photo: AP / Carl Court)
Dutch King Willem-Alexander is given three cheers by guests and his wife Queen Maxima inside the Nieuwe Kerk or New Church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during his inauguration Tuesday April 30, 2013.
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Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander crowned
Wed 1 May 2013
Willem-Alexander became the first king of the Netherlands since 1890 today, ascending a throne largely stripped of political power but still invested with enormous symbolic significance for the Dutch ... (photo: AP / Robin Utrecht, Pool)
FILE - In a re-crop of this Monday Oct. 30, 2006 file photo, Dutch Queen Beatrix is seen during a state banquet in at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch Queen announced her abdication in a prerecorded speech in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Jan. 28, 2013. Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, has ruled the nation of 16 million for more than 32 years and would be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.  BBC News  Tue 30 Apr 2013
Dutch Queen Beatrix to abdicate in favour of son
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is to abdicate in favour of her son Prince Willem-Alexander - an event which is being celebrated across the nation. | Queen Beatrix, 75, will sign the instrument of ab... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)
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Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, right, waves to the crowd from the balcony of the town hall of Brussels, Tuesday June 20, 2006, as her husband Crown Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands, left, looks on. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is in Be  BBC News  Tue 30 Apr 2013
How the Dutch fell in love with their future queen
Princess Maxima's entrance into the Dutch royal house was a sensation. | While her family's links to a fallen dictatorship were scrutinised by parliament, the gregarious Latin American charm... (photo: (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier))
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An image of Dutch Queen Beatrix and her son Crown Prince Willem-Alexander is photographed from the window of an empty room in downtown Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday, April 29, 2013. Queen Beatrix has announced she will relinquish the crown on April 30, 2013, after 33 years of reign, leaving the monarchy to her son Crown Prince Willem Alexander. Orange News Tue 30 Apr 2013
Netherlands: Queen Beatrix Handing Power To Son
30 April 2013, 0:31 | Netherlands: Queen Beatrix Handing Power To Son | Tweet | Millions of revellers are expected on the streets of Amsterdam today as Queen Beatrix of t... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)
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In this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo Dutch Queen Beatrix smiles as she arrives for the opening of cold mill 22 at Corus steel factory in IJmuiden, western Netherlands. Yahoo Music Mon 29 Apr 2013
Netherlands' Queen Beatrix gives farewell speech
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix thanked her people Monday and urged them to support her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, in a final address before sh... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)
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Queen Beatrix and Prince Willem-Alexander in the Golden Carriage in 2007. On 29 April and 30 April 2005, she celebrated the 25th anniversary of her reign. Al Jazeera Mon 29 Apr 2013
Dutch welcome first king in 123 years
The Netherlands is getting ready for its first king in 123 years after Queen Beatrix abdicated after 33 years on the throne. | Prince Willem-Alexander will take over... (photo: Creative Commons / Crazy Phunk)
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French President Francois Hollande, center, is welcomed by military officials as he arrives to an homage ceremony for Stephane Hessel The Irish Times Mon 29 Apr 2013
Hollande plans to slash French capital gains taxes
French president François Hollande is planning to slash capital gains taxes in an effort to convince investors rance is open for business and repair damaged relations fo... (photo: AP / Zacharie Scheurer, Pool)
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Amanda Knox, right, is cheered by family friend Dave Marriott as she arrives for a news conference shortly after her arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Seattle. It's been four years since the University of Washington student left for the study abroad program in Perugia and landed in prison. The group Friends of Amanda Knox and others have been awaiting her return since an Italian appeals court on Monday overturned her conviction of sexually assaulting and killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) BBC News Sun 28 Apr 2013
Amanda Knox and bad maths in court
As an Italian court prepares to try Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for a second time on charges of killing Meredith Kercher, an expert says a judge failed to grasp th... (photo: AP / Elaine Thompson)
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I, too, am responsible for sanctions on Iran Al Jazeera Fri 26 Apr 2013
I, too, am responsible for sanctions on Iran
"Shortly after dawn, British Foreign Secretary William Hague took a shower, put on a tie, went to the UN Security Council and voted for another round of sanctions." This ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander is given three cheers by guests and his wife Queen Maxima inside the Nieuwe Kerk or New Church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during his inauguration Tuesday April 30, 2013. Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander crowned Stuff
FILE - In a re-crop of this Monday Oct. 30, 2006 file photo, Dutch Queen Beatrix is seen during a state banquet in at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch Queen announced her abdication in a prerecorded speech in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Jan. 28, 2013. Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, has ruled the nation of 16 million for more than 32 years and would be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. Dutch Queen Beatrix to abdicate in favour of son BBC News
Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, right, waves to the crowd from the balcony of the town hall of Brussels, Tuesday June 20, 2006, as her husband Crown Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands, left, looks on. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is in Be How the Dutch fell in love with their future queen BBC News
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