"I swear that I shall defend and preserve the independence and territory of the state with all my powers. That I shall protect the general and individual freedom and rights of all my subjects and shall use all available means granted to me by law for preserving and promoting general and individual prosperity as I befitting of a good king, so help me God almighty."
In doing so he became the first king the country has seen, since 1890. At the age of forty-six, he is the youngest monarch in Europe.
His mother, Queen Beatrice, seventy-five, abdicated after thirty-three years of rule. She became the third straight monarch to abdicate, instead of dying on the throne.
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