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  • Willem-Alexander

    Embassy Row: Dutch treat

    With his home festooned with peonies, orchids and, of course, tulips, the Dutch ambassador treated Washington journalists Tuesday to an elegant luncheon to celebrate the investiture of the first king of the Netherlands in 123 years.

  • Dutch Queen Beatrix (left) signs the Act of Abdication in favor of her son Prince Willem-Alexander (center), who became the first Dutch king in more than a century, in the Mozeszaal, or Moses Hall, of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. With them is Princess Maxima, Willem-Alexander's wife, who became queen. (AP Photo/Bart Maat, Pool)

    Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicates; son Willem-Alexander becomes king

    Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch king in more than a century Tuesday and pledged to use his ceremonial position as head of state to help steer his country through uncertain economic times.

  • Princess Lilian of Sweden is seen in Stockholm in 2005. (AP Photo/Henrik Montgomery)

    Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies

    She was one of the better-kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a threat to the Bernadotte dynasty.

  • Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies

    She was one of the better kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a threat to the Bernadotte dynasty.

  • Remains of last Yugoslav king returned to Serbia

    The remains of Yugoslavia's last king _ Peter II Karadjordjevic, who died in the U.S. in 1970 _ were flown back to Serbia in a solemn ceremony on Tuesday, despite protests by some Serb royalists in America.

  • A phoenixlike float with the casket carrying the body of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as mourners lining the streets pay their respects on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

    Cambodians line streets to see ex-King Norodom Sihanouk's coffin

    The body of Cambodia's late King Norodom Sihanouk returned to his homeland Wednesday afternoon, welcomed by hundreds of thousands of mourners who packed tree-lined roads in the Southeast Asian nation's capital ahead of the royal funeral.

  • ** FILE ** Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk (left) introduces his son and successor, King Norodom Sihamoni, upon their arrival at Phnom Penh airport in Cambodia in 2004. (AP Photo/Andy Eames)

    Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89

    Norodom Sihanouk, the revered and often mercurial former king and independence hero who helped navigate Cambodia through a half-century of war, genocide and upheaval, died Monday in Beijing. He was 89.

  • Wildlife group dumps the king of Spain

    The World Wildlife Fund's branch in Spain has ousted King Juan Carlos as its honorary president — a title he'd held since 1968 — after deciding his recent elephant hunting safari was incompatible with its goal of conserving endangered species.

  • A woman is seen in front of wall decorated with flowers in memory of the victims of Friday's bomb attack and shooting rampage in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

    Norway suspect was considering other targets

    The anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to a bombing and youth camp massacre that killed 77 people in Norway has told investigators he also considered attacking other targets linked to the government or the prime minister's Labor Party, police said Saturday.

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