UK monarch not likely to give up throne
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January 30, 2013, Wednesday
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ONE European queen has announced her retirement. Any chance Europe's most famous queen - Elizabeth II of Britain - might join her?
Not likely, experts say.
Elizabeth is 86. Charles, 64, has been heir to the throne since he was three.
The Daily Mirror featured a photo of Beatrix with the headline: "Queen Gives Up Her Throne to Son." Then, in smaller type, "Easy, Charles...It's Queen Beatrix of Netherlands."
Commentators noted Elizabeth has said in the past she regards being queen as a "job for life."
At her Diamond Jubilee last summer marking 60 years on the throne, former Prime Minister John Major said the idea that the queen would abdicate was "absolutely absurd." He said she would serve her entire life unless a health crisis made it impossible.
Not likely, experts say.
Elizabeth is 86. Charles, 64, has been heir to the throne since he was three.
The Daily Mirror featured a photo of Beatrix with the headline: "Queen Gives Up Her Throne to Son." Then, in smaller type, "Easy, Charles...It's Queen Beatrix of Netherlands."
Commentators noted Elizabeth has said in the past she regards being queen as a "job for life."
At her Diamond Jubilee last summer marking 60 years on the throne, former Prime Minister John Major said the idea that the queen would abdicate was "absolutely absurd." He said she would serve her entire life unless a health crisis made it impossible.
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