However, Queen Beatrix, did not win the people's love and respect without a little tragedy.
They were a favourite of Peter Rabbit creator Beatrix Potter, who kept her own herds.
Queen Beatrix asked Rutte and his ministers to stay in their positions until new elections.
It says all the 2, 800 workers at the Beatrix mine turned up for work on Thursday.
Orange fireworks were accompanied by a huge fanfare as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the building.
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Queen Beatrix, of the Netherlands, walks an orange carpet this week to reopen the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam.
Queen Beatrix's consort Prince Claus suffered from severe depression for years and felt constrained by his role.
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Beatrix was also thought to be giving time for her son to enjoy fatherhood before taking the throne.
Beatrix, held weekly meetings with the prime minister and spoke regularly with high-ranking ministers and secretaries of state.
However, Queen Beatrix came to the rescue with a royal seal of approval.
His own father, the German Claus von Amsberg, had been the subject of similar controversy when he married Beatrix.
Friso, a son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, had been airlifted to hospital in Innsbruck after the incident.
Beatrix married German diplomat Claus von Amsberg on March 10, 1966, in Amsterdam.
"He and Princess Maxima are fully prepared for their future roles, " Beatrix said.
The company saw most of its KDC West and all of its Beatrix workers return to work three weeks ago.
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He also produced the TV series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, based on the tales by Beatrix Potter.
Forthcoming programmes include The Tales Of Beatrix Potter With The Royal Ballet, Carmen, Jools Holland's Hootenanny and To The Manor Born.
Queen Beatrix is the sixth monarch from the House of Orange-Nassau, which has ruled the Netherlands since the early 19th Century.
However, in an age when the pope resigns, don't be surprised if other older royals take some sort of cue from Beatrix.
On the eve of her abdication, Queen Beatrix said that marrying the plain-spoken German nobleman had been the best decision she ever took.
In a televised address Monday night, Queen Beatrix said she knows the new royal couple will have the loving trust of the nation.
Beatrix stepped down on the national holiday known as Queen's Day, an opportunity for people across the Netherlands to dress up and party.
On Monday, Queen Beatrix thanked the nation, saying the people's devotion had given her the strength to carry on during her 33-year reign.
The queen's departure is sure to bring about an outpouring of sentimental and patriotic feelings among the Dutch, most of whom adore Beatrix.
The man fell overboard from the Stena Line ferry Koningin Beatrix which sails between Rosslare in the Irish Republic and Fishguard in west Wales.
Queen Beatrix's mother Juliana resigned the throne in 1980 on her 71st birthday, and her grandmother Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 at the age of 68.
From May to June 2012, Aleksandr Kunkin, 40, and Beatrix Boka, 34, both of Hungary took something of a tour of North and South Carolina.
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Beatrix succeeded her mother, Juliana, as head of state, and her reign has been marked by tumultuous shifts in Dutch society and, more recently, by personal tragedy.
In reality it is a style pioneered by Queen Juliana and continued by Queen Beatrix of being less formal and more approachable and this is extremely popular domestically.
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