Dutch Queen’s 70th birthday fuels abdication talk

Dutch Queen Beatrix turns 70 on Thursday, prompting speculation she is preparing to abdicate and hand the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander just as her mother did on her birthday 28 years ago.


http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL2860903820080130

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