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1荷兰女王将让位于其长子QueenBeatrixoftheNetherlandshasannouncedsheisabdicatinginfavourofherson,PrinceWillem-Alexander.荷兰女王贝娅特丽克丝宣布退位，推选她儿子威廉-亚历山大即位。Inapre-recordedaddressbroadcastonTV,shesaidshewouldformallystanddownon30April.Thequeen,whoisapproachingher75thbirthday,saidshehadbeenthinkingaboutthismomentforseveralyearsandthatnowwasthemomenttolaydownmycrown.QueenBeatrixhasbeenheadofstatesince1980,whenhermotherabdicated.Intheshorttelevisedstatement,thequeensaiditwastimeforthethronetobeheldbyanewgeneration,addingthathersonwasreadytobeking.PrinceWillem-Alexander,45,ismarriedtoMaximaZorreguieta,aformerinvestmentbankerfromArgentina,andhasthreeyoungchildren.Heisatrainedpilotandanexpertinwatermanagement.HewillbecometheNetherlands'firstkingsinceWillemIII,whodiedin1890.Speakingontelevisionimmediatelyaftertheabdicationannouncement,DutchPrimeMinisterMarkRuttepaidtributetothequeen.Sincehercoronation...shehasappliedherselfheartandsoulforDutchsociety,hesaid.Abdication'tradition'QueenBeatrixisthesixthmonarchfromtheHouseofOrange-Nassau,whichhasruledtheNetherlandssincetheearly19thCentury.CorrespondentssaysheisextremelypopularwithmostDutchpeople,butherabdicationwaswidelyexpectedandwillnotprovokeaconstitutionalcrisis.UnderDutchlaw,themonarchhasfewpowersandtheroleisconsideredceremonial.Inrecentdecadesithasbecomethetraditionforthemonarchtoabdicate.QueenBeatrix'smotherJulianaresignedthethronein1980onher70thbirthday,andhergrandmotherWilhelminaabdicatedin1948attheageof68.2QueenBeatrixwillbe75onThursday.Shehasremainedactiveinrecentyears,butherreignhasalsoseentraumatic（创伤的）events.In2009awould-beattackerkilledeightpeoplewhenhedrovehiscarintocrowdswatchingthequeenandothermembersoftheroyalfamilyinanationalholidayparade.InMarchlastyearhersecondson,PrinceFriso,wasstruckbyanavalanche（雪崩）inAustriaandremainsinacoma.