Guests at the Royal Inauguration**

Here is the official guest list for the Dutch Inauguration:

Royal Family
The Queen / Princess Beatrix
The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima / the King and Queen
Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane
Princess Mabel
Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien
Princess Irene
Princess Margriet and Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven
Princess Christina
Prince Carlos and Princess Annemarie
Princess Margarita and Mr Tjalling ten Cate
Prince Jaime
Princess Carolina and Mr Albert Brenninkmeijer
Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène
Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette
Prince Pieter Christiaan and Princess Anita
Prince Floris and Princess Aimée
Mr Bernardo Guillermo
Mr Nicolás Guillermo
Ms Juliana Guillermo

Royal Delegations
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde (Belgium)
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa (Bahrain)
Crown Prince Billah and Princess Sarah (Brunei)
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary (Denmark)
Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako (Japan)
Prince El Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath El Hassan (Jordan)
Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie (Liechtenstein)
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie (Luxembourg)
Princess Lalla Salma (Morocco)
Prince Albert II (Monaco)
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princees Mette-Marit (Norway)
Haitham bin Tareq al Said (Oman)
Sheikha Moza bint Nasser al-Misned (Qatar)
The Prince and Princess of Asturias (Spain)
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn (Thailand)
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Thailand)
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall (United Kingdom)
Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed al Nahyan (United Arab Emirates)
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel (Sweden)
Information: MyRoyals

Queen Beatrix Abdicates! Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima Take The Throne!

Today, Queen Beatrix announced that after almost 33 years on the Dutch throne, she decided to abdicate the throne. She'll abdicate on April 30th, which is Koninginnedag (Queens Day), which is the day that Beatrix's mother, Juliana, gave her the throne back in 1980.

Koninginnedag will be switched to the name: Koningsdag, meaning King's Day. That's because Willem-Alexander was born into the Royal Family, making him the Royal Blood. So, he'll be the regining monarch. It will also be changed to April 27th (Willem-Alexander's actual birthday).

Abdication is nothing new to the Dutch, Luxembourgish, and Lichenstein Royal Families. It's just always a surprise when it happens. Although, many people did guess that it would the 30th of April.

Willem-Alexander will take the title: "His Majesty The King of The Netherlands". He will not be known as Willem IV as most people expected. He'll be known as: Willem-Alexander. When Maxima becomes Queen, she'll take the title: "Her Majesty The Queen of The Netherlands".

I myself was very surprised that Beatrix abdicated! Yes, she's 74 but she could still have a few more sturdy years! Speaking about Beatrix, when Willem-Alexander and Maxima take the throne, Beatrix will become: "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc.". Of course, the etc. won't be implied.

This is just going to be awkward! Maxima is become QUEEN Maxima, Willem-Alexander is becoming KING Willem-Alexander, Beatrix is becoming PRINCESS Beatrix. Then, there's Catharina-Amalia, who's going to become Catharina-Amalia, PRINCESS OF ORANGE! This is screwing with my head already!