Overview

• Guillaume took the constitutional oath in the Chamber of Deputies minutes after his father Henri abdicated following 25 years on the throne.
• Public celebrations of the Trounwiessel are underway across the country through Sunday, including walkabouts by the new grand-ducal couple.
• A state gala this evening is set to host international guests, with French President Emmanuel Macron and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier among the attendees.
• Prime Minister Luc Frieden frames the change as continuity with a younger sovereign expected to bring a more open style without altering the system’s role.
• Henri began the transition in 2024 to “slow down,” and the succession comes in a diverse nation of just over 670,000 people with about 47% foreign nationals.