Queen Beatrix, of the Netherlands, walks an orange carpet this week to reopen the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam.

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Queen Beatrix is the sixth monarch from the House of Orange-Nassau, which has ruled the Netherlands since the early 19th Century.

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Born on 27 April 1967 as the first child of Queen Beatrix and the late Prince Claus, the Prince of Orange is the first male head of state of the Netherlands since 1890.

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