The Dutch royal house released new official state portraits of Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands. These new state portraits were meant to mark the 10th anniversary of His Majesty's accession to the Dutch throne.
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander ascended to the Dutch throne on April 30, 2013, upon the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix, who reverted to her former title, Princess Beatrix of Orange-Nassau, upon leaving the throne.
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By the time she abdicated the throne on April 30, 2013, Queen Beatrix had been reigning for 33 years. She ascended to the Dutch throne on the abdication of her mother, Queen Juliana, on April 30, 1980.Â
Her maternal grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, also abdicated the Dutch throne on September 4. 1948. in favor of her only child, Princess Juliana, after reigning for 58 years.Â
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Queen Wilhelmina was the longest-reigning Dutch monarch in history. She ascended to the Dutch throne in 1890 when she was only 10 years old upon her father's death, King William III, the last King of The Netherlands before King Wilhelm-Alexander.
Due to her minor age, the regent handled the throne until Queen Wilhelmina turned 18 in 1898. The Queen was the only child of King William III and his German second wife, Princess Emma Waldeck-Pyrmont, sister of Princess Helena, who was the daughter-in-law of Queen Victoria of Britain, and maternal great-grandmother of King Carl XVI Gustaf, making the reigning Swedish king a third cousin of the former Queen Beatrix.
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Since Queen Wilhelmina, Dutch monarchs began practicing the strange royal tradition of abdicating the throne upon reaching more than 30 years on the throne. So it will be most likely that King Willem-Alexander follow this tradition, 20 years from now!Â
By that time, his eldest daughter and heir-apparent. Princess Catharina-Amalia is 43 and very much ready to take over the duties and responsibilities of a monarch.
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| Photo credit: RVD/Dutch Royal House |
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, who married in February 2002, shared three daughters - The Princess of Orange, born in 2003, Princess Alexia, born in 2005, and Princess Ariane, born in 2007.
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| This black and white photo is so dramatic. Photo credit: RVD/Dutch Royal House |
For the portrait shoot, Queen Maxima wore a pink ruffled gown from Dutch fashion designer, Jan Taminiau. She also wore the largest and most extravagant tiara in the Dutch jewelry collection, the Stuart Diamond Tiara.
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