Luxembourg (AP) – Grande Cu Henri in Luxembourg He abdicated the throne 25 years on Friday, and agrees to his eldest son, Guillaume.
The current monarch, 70, abandons it at a ceremony at the Grand Ducal Palace, built of yellow stone and decorated with spires and ironworks. Guillaume (43) was then crowned, and made an oath to Luxembourg’s constitution, and 60 representatives of the Principal Parliament were elected.
The new Grand Duke greets the public from a balcony overlooking the central square, including his wife, Belgian-born Stephanie de Lanoy and his sons Prince Charles, 5, and Prince François.
The royal family from Netherlands And Belgium will be attending the ceremony. Later on Friday, the new Grand Duke will hold an evening gala for guests French President Emmanuel Macron German President Frank Water Steinmeier.
Over the weekend, Guillaume will be taking a tour of the traditional country with Archbishop Jean Claude Horrellich at the Catholic Cathedral of Notre Dame de Luxembourg, which ends with Sunday Mass.
This small country, engraved in the 17th and 19th centuries from today’s France, Belgium and Germany, is a parliamentary democracy that makes the Grand Duke the head of state. King Charles of the UK Or Philip, King of Belgium. Around 700,000 citizens speak Luxembourgian, Germanic, and a mix of French and German in public life. It is the last remaining Grand Duchy of the world.
One of the smallest countries in the European Union and one of the richest countries per capita Luxembourg It is a financial powerhouse that hosts important EU institutions such as the European Court of Justice and the European Investment Bank. The Grand Duchy has many banks of eurozone, reinsurers, hedge funds and money market managers.
Guillaume will become Luxembourg’s seventh Grand Duke since 1890 when modern monarchy was founded. Throughout the Principality, his photographs replace his father’s photographs. His monogram, the symmetrical golden “G” letters under the crown, are also added to uniforms in the army, police, emergency services, prisons and customs.
Guillaume, like Henri, was educated at Sandhurst, the military academy in France, Switzerland and the UK. Guillaume then worked for companies in Belgium, Germany and Spain.
Christophe Brull, a historian and professor at the University of Luxembourg, said Guillaume would step into a very traditional role.
“The margin of his right to maneuver or act is zero. Therefore, the only power he has is the power of speech or words.
