Wall Street Journal: It’s 2013. Abolish the Dutch Monarchy.

In my country, one family has a monopoly on the position of head of state. No, I’m not from North Korea, but from the Netherlands, where after 30 years on the throne, Queen Beatrix of Orange will abdicate at the end of this month to her son Willem-Alexander.

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