Willem-Alexander crowned as new Dutch king

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.

Willem-Alexander crowned as new Dutch king

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.

The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration and pageantry as the nation of nearly 17 million struggles through a lengthy recession brought on by the European economic crisis.

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