Here is what he had to say about Abdication:
Abdication is a tradition in the Netherlands – it started with his great-grandmother, he said, who felt after 50 years it was time to pass on the baton to a younger generation. This tradition means the change of monarch was not a time of mourning but of celebration, which gave him a very positive start to his position: the whole country had a big party.
It had worked very well, he said...
Read all about it here:
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/the-frustrating-aspects-of-being-king-and-a-spicy-question-for-willemalexander-of-the-netherlands-20161006-grwnl6.html?
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