Grand duke of Luxembourg abdicates after 24 years on throne in Christmas Eve speech

25 Dec 2024, 16:24 · UPI

Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The grand duke of Luxembourg renounced the throne in a surprise abdication on Christmas Eve, according to multiple reports.

"It has been a quarter of a century of challenges, opportunities and hopes for a better future: of technological and economic progress, of social change, but also of many conflicts," Grand Duke Henri, 69, said Tuesday during his Christmas Eve speech.