万花筒 2013-02-07&02-10 荷兰女王宣布退位 王位传给儿子

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Queen Beatrix, three-day shy of 75, told her nation she will abdicate² to her son Willem Alexander, who will become the Netherlands抯 first king since 1890. He was once known as a boozing Casanovanover, but since he married the Argentinian Maxima, he and his three little princesses have became more popular, just like Beatrix. She is known as queen B and is considered to down to the earth. Her family is always being willing to step aside.Beatrix抯 mother and grandmother both abdicated³ to their daughters. 

But don抰 expect the same thing in Britain-- mummy. Prince Charles has been herited to the throne since he was three. He has been waited longer than anyone in British history. The 64-year-old knows he's not getting any younger.  "It's a nice thought to be a father, grandfather in my old age." But he also knows his mother has no plan to step down. She considers her job God抯 mission, which means he抯 content to wait and sometimes busy himself with less important tasks. 

The potential for few flurries about Balmoral, who the hell wrote this script?

Now the women in prince Charles抯 family has pretty good genes⁴. The prince is in good health at 86, her mum lived to 101, so Charles has a while to wait, but Prince Willem Alexander will assume the throne at just 45 years old in two-month time.

Nick Schifrin, ABC News, London

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