Queen Beatrix will officially abdicate on the 30th of April, which is also Queen's Day, the most colourful and chaotic celebration on the Dutch calendar.
This idea as well that the public could get behind a young woman in her 20s who they could all see was going to be on the throne for a considerable amount of time I think really galvanized people.
It was on February 6th, 1952, exactly 70 years ago Sunday, that Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne and that was after the death of her father King George VI.