Sentence examples for declaration of abdication from inspiring English sources

It is entitled "A bill to give effect to his Majesty's declaration of abdication and for purposes connected therewith".

After signing the formal declaration of abdication shortly after 10 a.m., Beatrix, the new king and his Argentine-born wife emerged onto a flower-bedecked balcony to cheers from the crowd.

One thing, though, is certain: Ms. Boël will not be on the guest list on Sunday when Belgium's political and social elite gather to watch Albert II, 79, sign a declaration of abdication and then his son Prince Philippe, 53, be sworn in as this tiny nation's new monarch, its seventh since Belgium became an independent state in 1830.

The following day, it was given legislative form by special Act of Parliament: His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936.

The next day, the last act of his reign was the royal assent to His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936.

The only voluntary abdication, that of Edward VIII, had to be authorised by a special Act of Parliament, His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936.

Anything less is an abdication of our responsibility".

This has been an extraordinary time in Nepal, with the declaration of a democratic republic in May, the abdication of the king in June and a new constitution in the works.

It seemed like an act of abdication.

Friday brought the threat of abdication.

Her life was a history of abdication and lamentation.