Queen Beatrix Net Worth

What is Queen Beatrix's Net Worth?

Queen Beatrix is a Dutch royal who has a net worth of $300 million. Beatrix ruled as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013, succeeding her mother Queen Juliana and preceding her eldest son Willem-Alexander. Late in her reign, Beatrix oversaw the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.

Early Life and Education

Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born on January 31, 1938 at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands as the first child of Dutch royals Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Her maternal grandmother was Queen Wilhelmina, who had been reigning since 1890. Beatrix's first sister, Irene, was born in 1939. When World War II broke out in the Netherlands in 1940, the Dutch royal family evacuated to London, England; soon after that, Beatrix went with her mother and sister to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. There, in 1943, Beatrix's second sister, Margriet, was born. Beatrix attended Rockcliffe Park Public School in Ottawa before returning to the Netherlands at the end of World War II. She continued her primary education at De Werkplaats in Bilthoven. Beatrix's third sister, Christina, was born in 1947. The following year, the girls' mother became the Queen of the Netherlands, and because there were no brothers, Beatrix became the heiress presumptive to the throne.

In 1950, Beatrix began studying at Baarnsch Lyceum. She graduated in 1956, and subsequently enrolled at Leiden University. Beatrix studied numerous subjects there, including sociology, economics, and constitutional law. She also attended lectures on such topics as the Netherlands Antilles, international affairs, and European law. Beatrix passed her preliminary examination in law in 1959, and earned her law degree in 1961.

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On January 31, 1980, Beatrix's 42nd birthday, her mother Queen Juliana announced live on television that she would be abdicating the throne in favor of her daughter. Beatrix went on to become the new Queen upon her mother's abdication on April 30. As a monarch, she performed typical constitutional and ceremonial duties, such as signing all new Acts of Parliament and royal decrees, conducting weekly meetings with the prime minister, and making a speech from the throne at the annual parliamentary opening. Beatrix also appointed officials, accredited ambassadors, and awarded honors. Notably, she appointed the informateur, who was responsible for chairing coalition talks during the formation of new governments. The role was eradicated toward the end of her reign, in 2012.

During Beatrix's reign, the Netherlands Antilles underwent major reshaping. In 1986, Aruba seceded and became its own constituent country within the Dutch Kingdom, and later, during the final years of her reign, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved completely. This resulted in the new special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, as well as the new constituent countries of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

Among the other notable occurrences during Beatrix's reign was when she was kissed by a bystander on Queen's Day in 1988. The bystander, Maarten Rijkers, came across Beatrix at a flea market in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam and kissed her twice. An image of the scene was published on the front page of De Telegraaf. It is widely believed the event was staged.

In 2002, Beatrix's husband, Prince Claus, passed away after a long illness. Both her mother and father passed away in 2004. In early 2005, Beatrix received an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, Leiden University, a rare honor for a Dutch monarch. That year marked the 25th anniversary of her monarchy. Toward the end of the decade, on the day of the 29th anniversary of her ascension to the throne, Beatrix was targeted alongside her family in a car attack. In the incident, a man named Karst Tates crashed his car into a parade in Apeldoorn, killing multiple people but narrowly missing the bus carrying Beatrix. She continued serving as Queen until April 30, 2013, when she abdicated the throne exactly 33 years after her mother had done the same for her. Beatrix was succeeded by her eldest son, Willem-Alexander.

Marriage and Children

In 1965, Beatrix got engaged to German aristocrat and diplomat Claus von Amsberg. They married the following year amid major protests, as the public decried Claus's prior involvement in the Hitler Youth and the Wehrmacht. However, as Prince of the Netherlands, Claus became more accepted over time. Beatrix and her husband had three sons: Willem-Alexander, Friso, and Constantijn. The royal family resided at Drakensteyn Castle in Lage Vuursche before Beatrix took the throne. Claus passed away in 2002, and his son Friso died in 2013.

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