In 1966, Queen Beatrix married Claus von Amsberg, a German diplomat, with whom she had three children.
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31 Facts About Queen Beatrix
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Queen Beatrix's reign saw the country's Caribbean possessions reshaped with Aruba's secession and becoming its own constituent country within the kingdom in 1986.
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On Koninginnedag, 30 April 2013, Beatrix abdicated in favour of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander.
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At the time of her abdication at age 75, Queen Beatrix was the oldest reigning monarch in the country's history.
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Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born on 31 January 1938 at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands, as the first child of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
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Queen Beatrix was baptised on 12 May 1938 in the Great Church in The Hague.
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When Queen Beatrix was one year old, in 1939, her younger sister Princess Irene was born.
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Second sister of Queen Beatrix, Princess Margriet, was born in Ottawa in 1943.
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Queen Beatrix went to the progressive primary school De Werkplaats in Bilthoven run by pacifist social reformers Kees Boeke and Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury.
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Queen Beatrix's third sister Princess Christina was born in 1947.
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In 1954, Queen Beatrix served as bridesmaid at the wedding of Baroness van Randwijck and Mr T Boey.
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In 1965, Queen Beatrix became engaged to the German aristocrat Claus von Amsberg, a diplomat working for the German Foreign Office.
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Queen Beatrix signed all new Acts of Parliament and royal decrees, and until a constitutional change late in her reign, appointed the informateur, an official who is responsible for chairing coalition talks in the formation of new governments.
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Queen Beatrix's role was largely ceremonial and as a focus of national unity, she did not make legislative or executive decisions.
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Claus and Queen Beatrix had met at the wedding-eve party of Princess Tatjana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, in summer 1964.
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Queen Beatrix married Claus von Amsberg on 10 March 1966 in civil and religious ceremonies.
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Queen Beatrix made many trips abroad with Prince Claus, including a controversial one to the Soviet Union.
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On 31 January 1980, the birthday of her eldest daughter and heir presumptive, Queen Juliana announced during a live television speech that she wished to abdicate on 30 April in favor of her daughter Beatrix.
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Queen Beatrix was sworn in and inaugurated as monarch during a joint session of the two chambers of the States General at a ceremony held in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam later that day.
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Queen Beatrix was rarely quoted directly in the press during her reign, for the government information service made it a condition of interviews that she should not be quoted.
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Queen Beatrix was to tie the prestigious medal to the standard of the incumbents of the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade.
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When Queen Beatrix walked alongside Rijkers he said "Give me a kiss, girl", after which he gave her a hug and two kisses.
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Reaction of the Queen Beatrix was seen by people as very positive and was a boost for her reputation in the "Jordaan" region of Amsterdam.
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Queen Beatrix noted that although the visit and the kiss might not have been her idea, but that of others, she certainly would have given her approval for she was known to leave no space for coincidence.
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Queen Beatrix was the third successive Dutch monarch to abdicate, following her grandmother and her mother.
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Queen Beatrix continues to undertake some royal duties and is patron of many organisations.
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Queen Beatrix has given her name to a number of facilities in the Netherlands and beyond.
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Princess Queen Beatrix has held titles throughout her life, as a granddaughter or daughter of a monarch, and eventually as the Sovereign.
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Queen Beatrix has received honours and awards from countries around the world, both during her life as a princess and as a monarch.
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Queen Beatrix is a Stranger Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and the 1,187th Dame of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain, and she has received numerous other medals and decorations.
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