Editing Juliana of the Netherlands (section)

=== Later reign ===
[[File:Ontvangst van koningin Juliana op Bali Links de vrouw van de ambassadeur, mevro, Bestanddeelnr 254-9060.jpg|thumb|Reception of Queen Juliana in [[Bali]], September 1971. On the left the ambassador's wife, Mrs. Scheltema. In the middle adjutant [[Louise Elisabeth Coldenhoff]] of the [[Indonesian Navy]]]]
[[File:Het koninklijk paar in Jogyakarta met sultan Hamenkoe Boewono IX Links mevrouw , Bestanddeelnr 254-9030.jpg|thumb|Queen Juliana and [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld|Prince Bernhard]] met with [[Hamengkubuwono IX]] during her visit to [[Yogyakarta]], August 1971]]
In the spring of 1975, a group of [[Republic of South Maluku|South Moluccans]] were caught conspiring to steal a heavy truck and ram the gates of [[Soestdijk Palace]] to kidnap the queen. Ten members of the group in a vehicle full of firearms were arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/dutch/en/article/2017/06/23/40-years-questions-remain-extraordinary-story-1977-dutch-train-siege|title=40 years on, questions remain: the extraordinary story of the 1977 Dutch train siege|author=Witzand, Jopie|date=23 June 2017|publisher=SBS|access-date=23 September 2017|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923101349/http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/dutch/en/article/2017/06/23/40-years-questions-remain-extraordinary-story-1977-dutch-train-siege|url-status=live}}</ref> The group's alleged aim was to force the Dutch government to recognize the [[Republik Maluku Selatan]] (RMS) as an independent state and try to make the Indonesian government do the same.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/09/world/vught-journal-remember-the-moluccans-is-this-a-last-stand.html|title=Vught Journal; Remember the Moluccans? Is This a Last Stand?|author=Rule, Sheila|date=9 June 1989|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-date=2 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902211337/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/09/world/vught-journal-remember-the-moluccans-is-this-a-last-stand.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Seventeen South-Moluccan youngsters were tried and convicted and sentenced to up to six years imprisonment.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} This was one of a series of actions for this cause during the 1970s, including the [[1975 Dutch train hostage crisis]], the [[1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis]], the [[1977 Dutch train hostage crisis]], the [[1977 Dutch school hostage crisis]], and the [[1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis]].

On 25 November 1975, [[Suriname]] seceded from the Dutch Kingdom and became independent. Representing the Queen at the independence ceremony in the Surinamese capital, [[Paramaribo]], were the heir presumptive Princess Beatrix, and her husband Prince Claus.

[[File:Prinses Beatrix, prins Claus, prins Bernhard en koningin Juliana, Bestanddeelnr 254-7180.jpg|thumb|left|Queen Juliana, Prince [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld|Bernhard]], Princess [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] and Prince [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands|Claus]] on holiday in [[Porto Ercole]].]]

Scandal rocked the royal family again in 1976, when it was revealed that Prince Bernhard had accepted a [[US$]]1.1 million bribe from U.S. aircraft manufacturer [[Lockheed Corporation]] to influence the Dutch government's purchase of fighter aircraft in what became known as the [[Lockheed Scandal]].

[[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]] [[Joop den Uyl]] ordered an inquiry into the affair, while Prince Bernhard refused to answer reporters' questions, stating: "I am above such things." Rather than calling on the queen to abdicate, the Dutch people were this time fearful that their beloved Juliana might abdicate out of shame or because of a criminal prosecution conducted in her name against her consort.

On 26 August 1976, a censored and toned-down yet devastating report on Prince Bernhard's activities was released to a shocked Dutch public. The prince resigned his various high-profile positions as a [[lieutenant admiral]], a general, and an [[Inspector General of the Armed Forces]]. He resigned from his positions on the boards of many businesses, charities, the [[World Wildlife Fund]], and other institutions. The prince also accepted that he would have to give up wearing his beloved uniforms. In return, the [[Netherlands States-General|States-General]] accepted that there was to be no criminal prosecution.
[[File:Troonswisseling 30 april bijeenkomst voor de abdicatie het Paleis op de Dam , Bestanddeelnr 253-8181.jpg|thumb|Queen Juliana on the day of her abdication, 1980]]
On her [[Silver Jubilee]] in 1973, Queen Juliana donated all of the money that had been raised by the National Silver Jubilee Committee to organizations for children in need throughout the world. She donated the gift from the nation which she received on her seventieth birthday, in 1979, to the "[[International Year of the Child]]". As a reigning European monarch, she was given supernumerary membership of the British [[Order of the Garter]] as the 922nd inductee, with the rank of Stranger Lady Companion, in 1958.

On 30 April 1980, her 71st birthday, Queen Juliana abdicated and her eldest daughter succeeded her.<ref name=dutchn2813>{{cite news|title=Queen Beatrix to address the nation tonight; is she abdicating?|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/01/queen_beatrix_to_address_the_n.php|access-date=28 January 2013|newspaper=Dutch News|date=28 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202045610/http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/01/queen_beatrix_to_address_the_n.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Juliana remained active in numerous charitable causes until well into her eighties.

Queen Juliana was very attached to [[Monte Argentario]], in [[Tuscany]], a favorite place for the [[House of Orange-Nassau|Dutch royal family]] for their summer holidays for more than 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2001/07/13/LTH31.html |title=Il Tirreno (italian) |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615071854/https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2001/07/13/LTH31.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2005/07/10/Cronaca/REALI-IN-VENDITA-ALLARGENTARIO-ELEFANTE-FELICE-LA-VILLA-DEI-SOVRANI-DOLANDA-3_130722.php |title=Adnkronos (italian) |date=10 July 2005 |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615071925/http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2005/07/10/Cronaca/REALI-IN-VENDITA-ALLARGENTARIO-ELEFANTE-FELICE-LA-VILLA-DEI-SOVRANI-DOLANDA-3_130722.php |url-status=live }}</ref>