Inauguration of the Dutch monarch

The Inauguration (inhuldiging) of the Dutch monarch is the official enthronement ceremony, in which the new monarch ascends the throne, swears the oath on the constitution, and receives homage from the States General.

Article 32 of the Dutch constitution states that as soon as the King assumes royal prerogative, he is to be sworn-in and inaugurated in Amsterdam at a public joint session of the two houses of the States General. The King is required to swear allegiance to the Constitution to faithfully discharge his duties.

In contrast with many other European monarchic customs, in the Netherlands new monarchs are not crowned. The Dutch crown and other regalia have never been physically bestowed. The Netherlands historically and traditionally consists of mainly Catholics in the south and Protestants in the north. The Dutch Monarchy belongs to the reformed faith, but with both the absence of a national church and any form of hierarchy within the Dutch Reformed Church, there is no senior or principal religious figure to bestow the crown. This is opposite of, for example, British customs, in which the monarch is crowned by the senior bishop of the Church of England. As the Dutch king is a 'King of the Netherlands' rather than a 'King of the Dutch', the king also cannot be crowned 'in the name of the people', as is the case with for example the King of the Belgians.

Inauguration is strictly ceremonial as the successor to the throne instantly becomes the new monarch at the moment the former monarch dies or abdicates. The last Dutch monarch to rule until his death was William III in 1890. His successor was his daughter, Wilhelmina; however, she was not inaugurated until her coming of age in 1898. Her mother Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was regent from 1890 to 1898. Wilhelmina passed the throne to her daughter Juliana in 1948.

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