Wonderful! This dolls is so pretty! I love her outfit and the shading is spot on! SCORE: ACCURACY: 10 points. INTRCACY: 10 points. BACKSTORY: 10 points. TOTAL: 30 points! :)
In a broadcast on national media on 28 January 2013 Beatrix announced her intention to abdicate on 30 April (Queen's Day), when she would have been on the throne for exactly 33 years. Beatrix stated that it was time to "place the responsibility for the country in the hands of a new generation." Her heir apparent was her eldest son, Prince Willem-Alexander. She was the third successive Dutch monarch to abdicate, following her grandmother and her mother.
On 28 June 1965, the engagement of Princess Beatrix to the German diplomat Claus von Amsberg was announced. They got married one year later. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus have three sons: King Willem-Alexander (b. 1967), Prince Johan Friso (1968â2013) and Prince Constantijn (b. 1969).
On 30 April 1980, Beatrix became the monarch when her mother abdicated. As Queen, her main tasks were to represent the Kingdom abroad and to be a unifying figurehead at home.
Beatrix was born Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, on 31 January 1938 at the Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands. She is the first child of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and German aristocrat Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
When War World II broke, the dutch royal family evacuated to London and then se moved to Ottawa with her mother and sister. The family returned to the Netherlands on 2 August 1945.
