Chasenuva1
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Wow.... Out of the 23 new posts over the past 8 hours, there is nothing to quote. >_<
What is this thread coming to???? Lol
What is this thread coming to???? Lol
Wow.... Out of the 23 new posts over the past 8 hours, there is nothing to quote. >_<
What is this thread coming to???? Lol
Today the Queen stated that she will step down from her position on the 30th of April, this year. Her replacement shall be her eldest son, Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander. It shall be the first occasion in 123 years that the Netherlands will be reigned by a king.
Today the Queen stated that she will step down from her position on the 30th of April, this year. Her replacement shall be her eldest son, Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander. It shall be the first occasion in 123 years that the Netherlands will be reigned by a king.
I was about to ask how the hell I don't know about this. That Yahoo or Google or Facebook didn't alert me that the Queen was stepping down.
then I realized that I was hit by the American Syndrome. Where only the crap that American media shows is important.
In America. Queen = Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom.
Anyway, great for you guys! It will be a real treat once a King of England comes on board.
The Netherlands was a loose federation of states in its history and after the Spanish Habsubrug wars, The Netherlands would never be the same again.
I could have said "Koningin" instead of 'Queen', but that would be even more confusing.
Well, it was international news when there was an assassination attempt on the Dutch Queen, so it's not like people don't care about her outside of the Netherlands.
It's news, of course it matters!!
I was surprised you guys have a queen. At the current point in our European history class (1720-1740), you guys are a just recently re unified loose confederation of principalities ruled by the merchant semi noble class. But I guess that will change.
Despite having the least bad political system in the world*, we still have a monarchy.
A political system consisting of multiple parties which form a coalition to get majority in the government.