Luxembourg Abdication - Schedule of Events (2025)

Live Stream

• Government Live Stream

 Friday, October 3rd

• 10 AM 
• Abdication of Grand Duke Henri at Grand Ducal Palace
• 11 AM 
• Swearing-in ceremony of Grand Duke Guillaume at the Chamber of Deputies
• 12:15 PM
• Appearance of the Grand Ducal Family on the balcony of the Palace
• 1:10 PM
• Welcome at the City Hall
• Attended by Foreign Royals
• Walk about to greet the public
• 1:50 PM
• Government Reception at the Cercle Cité
• 7 AM
• Gala Dinner at the Grand Ducal Palace
• Attended by Foreign Royals

Saturday, October 4th

• 12:30 PM 
• Visit to Grevenmacher
• 2:20 PM
• Visit to Wiltz
• 4:22 PM 
• Visit Steinfort Intercommunal Hospital
• 5:40 PM 
• Visit to Dudelange
• 8 PM
• Grand Duke Guillaume & Grand Duchess Stephanie arrive at Grande-Duchesse Charlotte Bridge ‘Pont Rouge’

• 10:10 PM
• Grand Duke Guillaume addresses the nation
• 10:20 PM 
• Drone Light Show & concerts

Sunday, October 5th

• 11 AM 
• Te Deum at Notre-Dame Cathedral of Luxembourg 
• presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich