荷兰的新国王已于4月30日举行了加冕典礼，在经济紧缩的大环境下，这场盛事将欧洲皇室的维持成本问题又推到了风口浪尖。威廉•亚历山大国王(King Willem-Alexander)是19世纪末以来荷兰的首位男性君主，亚历山大的母亲、宣布退位的贝娅特女王(Queen Beatrix)坚持，考虑到经济萎靡不振，应该把在阿姆斯特丹举行的这场典礼办得朴素低调。
The new king of the Netherlands was set to ascend to the throne Tuesday in a ceremony that throws into sharp relief the costs of maintaining Europe's royal families at a time of economic austerity.
这场盛事没有遭遇来自抗议民众的激烈反对，不过1980年为贝娅特女王举行的加冕典礼就被民众的抗议之声蒙上了一层阴影。那也是一个处于经济危机之中的年代，当时有些人高喊起了"没有家，就没有加冕礼"的口号。
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander will be invested as his country's first king since the late 19th century in what his abdicating mother, Queen Beatrix, has insisted be a sober ceremony in Amsterdam that befits straitened times.
荷兰公共广播公司(NOS)进行的年度调查显示，荷兰皇室仍拥有广泛的民众支持。调查结果表明，78%的荷兰民众支持君主政体，不过44%的民众希望皇室能削减年俸。
The events aren't expected to be marked by the fierce protests from squatters
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