AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 30:  Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (L) signs her name to the Act of Abdication as her son Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (R) watches during the abdication ceremony in the Moseszaal at the Royal Palace on April 30, 2013 in Amsterdam. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is abdicating the throne after a 33 year reign and hands the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander who will be sworn in later at the Nieuwe Kerk ahead of a joint session of parliament. (Photo by Bart Maat - Pool/Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 30:  Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands signs the Act of Abdication as his wife Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (R) looks on during the abdication ceremony of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in the Moseszaal at the Royal Palace on April 30, 2013 in Amsterdam. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is abdicating the throne after a 33 year reign and hands the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander who will be sworn in later at the Nieuwe Kerk ahead of a joint session of parliament. (Photo by Bart Maat - Pool/Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 30:  Princess Maxima of the Netherlands signs the Act of Abdication as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (L) and her son Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (2nd-L) look on during the abdication ceremony in the Moseszaal at the Royal Palace on April 30, 2013 in Amsterdam. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is abdicating the throne after a 33 year reign and hands the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander who will be sworn in later at the Nieuwe Kerk ahead of a joint session of parliament. (Photo by Jerry Lampen - Pool/Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 30:  Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands sits alongside his wife Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (R) during the abdication ceremony of his mother Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (L) in the Moseszaal at the Royal Palace on April 30, 2013 in Amsterdam. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is abdicating the throne after a 33 year reign and hands the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander who will be sworn in later at the Nieuwe Kerk ahead of a joint session of parliament. (Photo by Bart Maat - Pool/Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 30:  Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands with King Willem Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima (R) appear on the balcony of the Royal Palace to greet the public after her abdication and ahead of the Inauguration of King Willem Alexander of The Netherlands on April 30, 2013  in Amsterdam, Netherlands.  (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)