IN his Christmas Day speech Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg announced his abdication in October 2025.
The 69-year-old has said, in what is his last Christmas broadcast to the nation that he will abdicate so that his son might assume throne late next year.
His son Guillaume, 43, currently Lieutenant- Representant, has been taking on some of his father’s duties in recent months and will assume his new title October 3 2025.
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During his Christmas broadcast he said he was “proud to have been able to, together with the Grand Duchess, walk this path” with his nation.
And expressed that he had strived to speak out when the fundamental interests of his country and citizens were at stake.
He said he had paid particular attention “to the diversity of our population, the need for coexistence and sustainability in all areas of our society.”
The abdication has been rumoured since summer 2024 when the Grand Duke announced, at his official birthday, that his son Guillaume would soon be taking on the role of Lieutenant- Representant.
Henri of Luxembourg will have been on the throne for 25 years next October, he became a Lieutenant- Representant in 1998 and Ascended to the throne after his father’s abdication in October 2000.
He will step down just before what would have been his silver jubilee and has said that like the rest of his generation “the time has come to retire.”
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