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Artikel 27: Abdication

Artikel 27

Hereditary succession to the Throne in the event of abdication shall take place according to the rules set out in the above articles. Children born after an abdication and their descendants shall be excluded from the hereditary succession.

Explanation

Please note: Only the Dutch-language version of the Constitution has legal effect. 

When a King abdicates, the same rules of succession apply as when a King dies. Children born to the former King after abdication are excluded from succession to the Throne.