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Show I HOLLAND HAS A NEW QUEEN 1l ' ' ' " I : ; i . - If y- Juliana, Holland's beloved royal princess, today reigns as Queen of The Netherlands Kingdom. On September 4, Wilhelmina stepped down from the throne in favor of her daughter. "Inauguration" ceremonies were held September 6. Wilhelmina, longest reigning monarch mon-arch in Europe (the Dutch have just celebrated her 60th jubilee) announced an-nounced her decision to retire in a broadcast May 12. Then she said: "I must, in the interest of you all and of the Kingdom, entrust the sovereignty to Juliana, who, apart from her wise insight, also has the advantage of her age and her fresh young powers . . . God bless you and my beloved child!" Juliana, born April 30, 1909, was reared in the most democratic traditions. tra-ditions. She attended and graduated from Leiden University as an ordinary ordi-nary student and she has continued to mingle with her people as one of them. Her husband, Prince Bern-hard, Bern-hard, now bears the title of Prince o The Netherlands. The couple has four children. In keeping with the Dutch tradition tradi-tion of democracy, Juliana was, not crowned, nor were the ceremonies which formally installed her as queen, called a coronation. Instead she was "inaugurated." No crown was placed on her head, but it lay as a symbol on a table by her side together with the orb and sceptre. She was "sworn in" much as the president o the United States, giving giv-ing her oath of loyalty to the preservation preser-vation of the Constitution. Photos left to right show Queen Juliana as she is today and the young Princess Juliana with Wilhelmina, |