Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Abdicates After 25 Years

Lustembourg (AP) – Grand Duke Guillaume, Royals and European presidents attended a traditional ceremony to rise to the throne of Luxembourg on Friday.

Church bells, just before hundreds of crowds outside the big palace, “Guillaume, Guillaume!” The new Grand Duke walked to a balcony to greet his new topics.

43 -year -old Grand Duke Guillaume was besieged in a sky -blue dress by the royal family, including his wife Grand Duchess Stéphanie, who wears a military uniform of olive green with a yellow wing. Both called two children-covered with shorts-5 and 2-year-old François.

Just a few minutes ago, Guillaume took the throne after swearing Egemen’s oath in Luxembourg Parliament.

Im I will live the joys and pain of my people I don’t want to leave with any obstacles. ”Guillaume said, Grand Duchess Charlotte, one of his predecessors, about his 1919 speech at the nation’s first address.

Today, it was a parallel between the First World War massacre and the geopolitical tensions.

Monari, a symbol of the principles of freedom and unity in our constitution, as it was at that time – a continuous reference point and a determined support remained in the times of crisis. In this sense, the oath I just received to the Constitution points to an important institutional milestone for our country. ”

Grand Duke Guillaume takes over from his 70 -year -old father Henri, who has been a great symbolic role for 25 years.

The crowd gathered outside the yellow stone and fancy towers of the palace, carried the photographs of the new Grand Duke and Duchess, the flags of Luxembourg and the red lion and orange fields of the Nassau Royal House. Some people’s faces were painted on the flag of Luxembourg: red, white and light blue.

All parts of the old city of Luxembourg, the showcases had portraits of the royal couple, and the blue posters commemorated the “Trounweissel” or “ascension to the throne ında in Luxembourg.

18 -year -old Neocleousk, Neocleousk, wore a luxury flag on his shoulders and wished Grand Duke well in Luxembourg.

“Maach Dat Gudd! Du Packs Dat!” He said, “Do well, you’ll succeed”.

Royal Holland And Belgium attended ceremonies. Later on Friday, the new Grand Duke will host an evening gala for guests. French President Emmanuel Macron and German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Guillaume has been the seventh Grand Duke of Luxembourg since 1890, when modern monarchy was founded. On Saturdays and Sundays, Rhode Island, which is 700,000 citizens in the heart of Europe, will visit the new world, a small duke.

The tour will end with a market mass at the Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich and Catholic Notre-Dame de Luxembourg Cathedral.

70 -year -old Lea Linster, an official supplier for the royal court, left 200 Madeleines for the staff in the ceremonies, and left 200 minor shell cake. With Guillaume and Stéphanie, he sells the souvenir boxes of cakes and looks like a “romantic fairy tale ılan reflecting Luxembourg’s picturesque castle and forest views.

At the age of 13, Guillaume began to teach him how to cook dishes such as Bouneschlupp, a heartfelt green beans and a gambox soup.

Linster, sitting under the portraits of French novelist Marcel Proust and Grand Duke Henri, said Guillaume’s kindness and empathy would do him well and feed the family.

Guillaume said, “You can feel that you are the son of a few parents who love each other,” Guillaume said. “Very emotional, very sensitive. So I love it and I think it will be a beautiful great duke for us.”

In the 17th and 19th centuries, the small nation, which is currently separated from France, Belgium and some of Germany King Charles in England Or King Philippe in Belgium. Approximately 700,000 citizens talk about a mixture of French and German in Luxembourg, a Germanic language and public life. The last great Duke in the world.

One of the smallest nations of the European Union and the richest per person, Luxembourg It is a financial power center that hosts important EU institutions such as the European Court of Justice and the European Investment Bank. The Great Duke is home to most of the banks in the euro region, reinsurance companies and bank managers of risk protection funds and money markets.

Guillaume will be the seventh largest Duke of Luxembourg since 1890, when modern monarchy was founded. In the face of the shop, the photo replaced his father. The monogram, the symmetrical gold “G” letters under a crown, the army’s uniforms, police, emergency services, prison services and customs were added.

He was educated at Sandhurst, such as Guillaume, Henri, France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom Military Academy. Guillaume then worked in Belgium, German and Spanish companies.

Christoph Brüll, a historian and professor at the University of Luxembourg, said Guillaume will take a very traditional role.

“The right to maneuver or action is zero. So the only power it has is the power of speech or words. The Great Duke will remain as a political symbol for the rest.”

___ AP journalist Philip Crowther contributed to this report.