• When Willem-Alexander becomes king, 9-year-old Catharina-Amalia will be next in line.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Prince Willem-Alexander has become king of the Netherlands following the abdication of his 75-year-old mother.

    BBC: Profile: Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands

  • In 1934, King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou, who were negotiating an alliance, were assassinated by Vlada Chernozamsky, a Croatian terrorist, in Marseilles.

    CNN: Thursday,

  • Along with the knight or nobleman's grave and skeleton, the excavation has revealed the exact location of the monastery, which was founded in 1230 by Alexander II (King of Scotland 1214-49) and destroyed during the Protestant Reformation in 1558.

    BBC: Grave site

  • CNNMexico.com, journalist Salomon Kaufman, Laura Reyes, and CNN's Jessica King, Alexander Hunter, Catherine E.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • That same day, her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, will be appointed king at an inauguration in Amsterdam.

    NPR: Dutch Queen Beatrix Abdicating, Son Will Be King

  • King Willem-Alexander's marriage when he was crown prince was also controversial.

    CNN: What Dutch 'bicycling monarchs' can teach world's royals

  • As Willem-Alexander was sworn in as king of the Netherlands on Tuesday, the crown sat on a table next to him, along with the other regalia that make up the crown jewels.

    BBC: King Willem-Alexander: Dutch crown explained

  • The good talk swirls around these two, and the talkers include Alan King, Ralph Waite, Jane Alexander, Bill Cobbs, Mary Alice, Timothy Hutton, and Mary Steenburgen.

    NEWYORKER: Sunshine State

  • In previews for the 1997 TV movie, Houston's Fairy Godmother and pop singer Brandy's title character were much hyped, but the Rob Marshall-directed production itself was stolen by old pros Bernadette Peters as the stepmother, Victor Garber and Whoopee Goldberg as the King and Queen, and Jason Alexander as a kind of singing, dancing, pratfalling George Costanza.

    WSJ: Cinderella: That Flexible Fairy Tale

  • He will also read from the "I Have a Dream" speech of civil rights activist Martin Luther King during the orchestra's performance of Alexander Miller's Let Freedom Ring.

    BBC: Clinton takes symphony role

  • The five-minute song - Koningslied in Dutch - was due to be performed in the presence of the new king and queen on the day of Willem-Alexander's swearing-in at 19:30 (17:30 GMT).

    BBC: Willem-Alexander Dutch investiture: King's Song outcry

  • Queen Margarethe of Denmark, Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Princess Katherine, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg, King Harald of Norway and Queen Sonia also attended.

    BBC: Royal wedding: William greets fans ahead of wedding

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定