Editing Beatrix of the Netherlands (section)

==Political involvement==
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[[File:Arron, Beatrix en Ferrier in Suriname 1975.jpg|thumb|[[Henck Arron]], Princess Beatrix, and [[Johan Ferrier]] during the independence ceremony of [[Suriname]] in 1975]]
In 1965, Beatrix became engaged to the German aristocrat [[Claus von Amsberg]], a diplomat working for the German Foreign Office. There was a massive protest on their wedding day in [[Amsterdam]] on 10 March 1966. Prince Claus had served in the [[Hitler Youth]] and the [[Wehrmacht]] and therefore was easily associated with German [[Nazism]]. Protests included slogans like "''Claus 'raus!''" (Claus out!) and "''Mijn fiets terug''" ("Return my bicycle" – a reference to German soldiers confiscating Dutch bicycles during WWII). A group of [[Provo (movement)|Provo]]s threw a smoke bomb at the [[Golden Coach (Netherlands)|Golden Coach]], resulting in a street battle with the [[Law enforcement in the Netherlands|police]].

As time went on, Prince Claus became one of the most popular members of the [[Dutch monarchy]], and his death in 2002 was widely mourned.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

On 25 November 1975, Beatrix and Prince Claus attended the independence ceremony of [[Suriname]], held in the new nation's capital, [[Paramaribo]], representing [[Juliana of the Netherlands|her mother]] the Queen.

As a monarch, Beatrix had weekly meetings with the prime minister. She signed all new Acts of Parliament and royal decrees, and until a constitutional change late in her reign, appointed the ''[[informateur]]'', an official who is responsible for chairing coalition talks in the formation of new governments. At the state opening of parliament each September, she made a Speech from the Throne, in which the government announced its plans for the coming parliamentary year. As Queen, she was president of the Council of State. Her role was largely ceremonial and as a focus of national unity, she did not make legislative or executive decisions.

Beatrix is a member of the [[Bilderberg Group]].<ref name=prweb97>{{cite web |title=Bilderberg Meeting of 1997 Assembles |url=http://www.prnewswire.de/cgi/release?id=42594 |url-status=dead |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |date=13 June 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430211149/http://www.prnewswire.de/cgi/release?id=42594 |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref>