On 30 April 1980, Queen Juliana signed the Act of Abdication and Princess Beatrix succeeded her as Queen of the Netherlands. On the same day, her investiture took place at a special plenary session of both Houses of the States General in the New Church in Amsterdam. Since then, the Queen's birthday has been officially celebrated on 30 April. Apart from being the day of her investiture, it is also Princess Juliana's birthday. The Queen's Birthday is an official national holiday.
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Sorry I missed it this year... Hope you had a nice time off.
Make a note in your agenda Tony, April 30, queensday in Holland (now that sounds kinda not right, does it?)
As far as European royalty goes, Queen Beatrix I think is the last monarch whose family never makes it to the tabloid of vulgarity. She has always been a very classy lady.
April 30th is my father's birthday. He would have been 88.
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