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Royal Family, Royal Delegations and Special Delegations at the abdication and investiture

News item | 28-04-2013 | 00:00

The following members of the Royal Family, Royal Delegations and Special Delegationswill be present at the ceremonies surrounding the abdication and investiture on 30 April.

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 of Belgium;
  • Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa of Bahrain;
  • Crown Prince Billah and Princess Sarah of Brunei;
  • Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark;
  • Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako of Japan;
  • Prince El Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath El Hassan of Jordan;
  • Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein;
  • Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg;
  • Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco;
  • Prince Albert II of Monaco;
  • Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princees Mette-Marit of 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 of Sweden.

Special Delegations

  • Mr Amado Boudou, Vice-President of Argentina, and Senator Beatriz Rojkes de Alperovich, Provisional President of the Senate;
  • Mr David Johnston, Governor-General of Canada, and Mrs Sharon Johnston;
  • Professor Rita Süssmuth, former President of the Bundestag, and Professor Hans Süssmuth (Germany);
  • Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and Mrs Zeynep Babacan of Turkey;
  • Mr Suh Sang-Kee, Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the National Assembly (Republic of Korea);
  • Mr José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and Mrs Margarida Barroso;
  • Mr Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament;
  • Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and Mrs Geertrui Van Rompuy;
  • Count Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, and Countess Anne Rogge-Bovyn;
  • Mr Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Mrs Nane Annan;
  • Mrs Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator.