By Alessandro Parodi and Milan Berckmans

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -A cheering crowd chanted “Vive!” to welcome Luxembourg’s new Grand Duke Guillaume on Friday, after his father Henri abdicated, ending nearly 25 years on the throne of the landlocked country.

The Grand Duke, his wife Stephanie and their sons Charles and Francois greeted their subjects from the balcony of the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg city after the swearing-in ceremony.

“We expect good decisions from him,” said 52-year-old housewife Simran Siegel who was part of the crowd. “The world is going topsy-turvy at the moment, I hope Luxembourg can really have a stand,” she added.

Luxembourg, squeezed between France, Germany and Belgium and with a population of under 700,000, is a constitutional monarchy in which the Grand Du

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