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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2013, 06:09:40 am »
Apparently, 8 out of 10 Dutch people support/like the monarchy. That seems downright bizarre whatwith the constant dislike the British seem to have for their own royals.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2013, 06:13:07 am »
Quote from: Digital Hellhound on May 01, 2013, 06:09:40 am
Apparently, 8 out of 10 Dutch people support/like the monarchy. That seems downright bizarre whatwith the constant dislike the British seem to have for their own royals.

Actually I think the amount that support the monarchy in Britain is close to that. There's just a very vocal minority, including myself.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2013, 06:30:48 am »
Nobody gives a fuck about the monarchy in Belgium tough. Not at all.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2013, 07:10:59 am »
Might change when Albert goes out. The next one ain't looking that good.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #19 on: May 01, 2013, 03:01:03 pm »
Netherlands thread? Netherlands thread!

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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #20 on: May 01, 2013, 03:04:33 pm »
Quote from: Sheb on May 01, 2013, 07:10:59 am
Might change when Albert goes out. The next one ain't looking that good.
We could try changing heir apparants again, I suppose. That is, if the country survives till then.

Quote from: Lysabild on May 01, 2013, 06:07:45 am
As for the Dutch queen, is it because of health issues or is she just getting lazy?
Abdicating in favour of her son, so he can rule for some time too.

As opposed to Prince Charles, who might even die before he gets his turn.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2013, 03:53:12 pm »
But who else to take the crown? Laurent? He's even worse than Philippe. As for Astrid, I just don't know a thing about her (I didn't even know she existed before going to check out Albert's descendants on wikipedia.

Actually, one of the few good things about a succession would be that we'd get to renegociate what the King gets. (Due a a quirk of Belgian law, the Royal purse is negociated at the start or the reign and cannot be renegociated in between). It's normal to pay the King and the Heir, but we shouldn't be paying for all the other princes and stuff. Let them fend for themselves.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2013, 05:31:25 pm »
Quote from: 10ebbor10 on May 01, 2013, 03:04:33 pm
Quote from: Lysabild on May 01, 2013, 06:07:45 am
As for the Dutch queen, is it because of health issues or is she just getting lazy?
Abdicating in favour of her son, so he can rule for some time too.

As opposed to Prince Charles, who might even die before he gets his turn.

That's a pretty fair reason, actually.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #23 on: May 01, 2013, 05:34:43 pm »
Charles isn't going to get a turn. As I have explained many times, Queen Elizabeth the Second is an immortal vampiric abomination. She will never die so long as she may feed upon the blood of mortals.
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Re: Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating the throne to her heir apparent
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2013, 01:37:34 am »
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on May 01, 2013, 05:34:43 pm
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