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The Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been groomed to be king but who will have to work hard to match his mother’s popularity.

The widely expected abdication comes at a time of debate over the future of the largely ceremonial Dutch monarchy, but also as calm has descended upon the Netherlands after a decade of turmoil that saw Beatrix act as the glue that held together an increasingly divided society.

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Queen Beatrix To Abdicate
In this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo Dutch Queen Beatrix smiles as she arrives for the opening of cold mill 22 at Corus steel factory in IJmuiden, western Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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