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In pictures: Dutch monarch Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of son Willem-Alexander

 

Tuesday 30 April 2013 19:00 BST
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In pictures: Dutch monarch Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of son Willem-Alexander

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King Willem-Alexander has become the first Dutch male monarch in more than a century after his mother Beatrix abdicated to end a 33-year reign.

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