I don’t think anyone considers the Dutch queens regnant to actually be kings because literally only men can be kings.
Queens regnant are equal in rank to kings regnant too. 
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This squares with the point I brought up (previously confirmed by somebody else, years ago) that queens do not constitutionally exist in the Netherlands. Each of those women simply used QUEEN as a courtesy title, by virtue of assuming the throne (in her own right) of the kingdsom.
Indeed, I think it incorrect to state that Beatrix is no longer Queen of the Netherlands: it's more correctly to state that she is no longer KING of the Netherlands. It's just that during her 33-year reign, she was called Queen. Previous Message
Wilhelmina opting to go for the style of HRH princess of the Netherlands had nothing to do with being confused with her daughter the Queen.
She simply concluded that Queen Wilhelmina died when she signed the act of Abdication. The person Wilhelmina of Orange-Nassau however was still alive and she took the title she got from birth as a daughter of King Willem III: HRH princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Once she died in 1962 she was referred to as Queen Wilhelmina again. The same principle was applied to her daughter Juliana and her granddaughter Beatrix followed the example. Previous Message
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