World & Nation
Dutch get a new monarch: Willem-Alexander succeeds Beatrix
April 30, 2013
The starkly new face of the Netherlands’ monarchy
April 27, 2013
Dutch King Willem-Alexander has apologized for his country’s role in slavery and asked forgiveness for his country’s role in the slave trade.
July 1, 2023
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands became Princess Beatrix on Tuesday, abdicating the throne in favor of her son Willem-Alexander, who is now the country’s first king in more than a century.
Archives
Dutch have a new queen of fashion, Maxima
Willem-Alexander’s plans to wed require parliamentary OK. But his would-be father-in-law’s ties to an Argentine junta have sparked debate.
April 20, 2001
Entertainment & Arts
Citibank Seeks to Seize Artwork in Loan Fraud Case: Citibank sought to seize artworks by David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Willem de Koonig, Alexander Calder, Diego Giacometti and Andy Warhol from a New York gallery the bank accused of defrauding it.
Dec. 27, 1995
Opinion
So here’s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don’t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain’s Prince Charles, who was in attendance, look on and think, “How much longer before I get my turn to be king?”
France’s president, Britain’s foreign secretary and the Dutch king on Tuesday were visiting Caribbean territories that were hammered by Hurricane Irma, trying to quell accusations by residents that European governments were slow to prepare, slow to react and sometimes even racist in their responses to the devastation.
Sept. 12, 2017
Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?