[When they were young] Beatrix when she was still a Princess with Akihito when he was not yet an Emperor

October 1979: Princess Beatrix, Prince Akihito, Queen Juliana, Princess Michiko and Prince Claus.

1 - Oh Bea, you didn't change a bit!

2 - I didn't know Prince Claus was that tall! Was he?

3 - Michiko was absolutely stunning! A true flower!

Queen Juliana abdicated six months after this photo. Beatrix became Queen at age 42. Akihito became Emperor nine years later, in 1989, at 54-years-old.

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[Sweden] Guess who turned 32 today?

Prince Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Duke of Värmland. Happy Birthday, CP!

Get married soon, will you?!