Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg announced in his Christmas Eve Speech at he is abdicating on October 3rd, 2025.

Grand Duke Henri delivered his last Christmas message on 24 December, giving him the opportunity to officially announce the date of the succession, 3 October, almost 25 years after he himself took office on 10 October 2000.

“I announced the appointment of Prince Guillaume as Lieutenant-Representative. Today, the Grand Duchess and I are pleased to announce that Prince William and Princess Stephanie will be our successors from 3 October 2025."

"I know that they will contribute with all their might to the well-being of the country,"

I announced the appointment of Prince Guillaume as Lieutenant-Representative. Today, the Grand Duchess and I are pleased to announce that Prince William and Princess Stephanie will be our successors from 3 October 2025."

https://delano.lu/article/henris-last-christmas-message-succession-on-3-october

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  2. This is interesting, I know there has been a trend of European monarchs abdicating when they get older and that they had indicated it would happen in Luxembourg soonish, but Henri isn’t THAT old (late 60s I believe?) or in ill health AFAIK. Guillaume and Stephanie have two young kids, I think 1.5 and 3.5 ish? I’m sure everyone involved talked about it and agreed, but I thought that they might wait a couple years until the kids were a bit older, at least in preschool, since Guillaume and Stephanie seem like pretty involved parents.

  3. It’s nice Guillaume and Stephanie had several years with just them and their children before they become the Grand Duke and Duchess. They have a happy little family and their sons are adorable. 

    Hopefully the transition goes smoothly and their reign does, too. 

  4. Well good for him. 70 is getting to the point where it’s time to pack it in.
    Things I’ll miss
    — Maria Theresa I hope we’ll still get to see her for a short curvy lady in her 60s she has more style then I could ever hope to have even it’s really bad sometimes please sign me up for the show.
    — conjecture that Prince Henri is somehow related to David Bowie
    Things I won’t miss
    — the sharing of clothes, seriously this is probably preventing the single sons from getting married. The family has Billions of dollars there really isn’t any reason these folks can’t all get their own Jenny Packhum gown or whatever the fancy off Net-a-Porte
    — all the stuff about Maria Theresa abusing staff she’s a Cuba grandma of course she’s feisty

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