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Dutch royal in danger? Meet Princess Amalia, Queen Máxima’s daughter and the Netherlands’ teenage heir to the throne who fled her university in Amsterdam following mafia abduction fears
STORYAmeena Navab
- Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, 18, was living with fellow students while studying at the University of Amsterdam, but returned home because of a kidnapping rumour
- Her parents, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, are in London to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth, while Amalia may take her first royal tour across the Dutch Caribbean next year
Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, 18, titled Princess of Orange, is the next in line to the throne after her father, King Willem-Alexander, the current ruler of the Netherlands. The young female royal had set off for university earlier this month.
But things seemed to have taken a dangerous turn when news of a rumoured planned kidnapping by a mafia group arose, potentially putting the princess’s safety at risk.
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Here’s an insight into Princess Amalia, the future queen of the Netherlands, and the kidnapping claims surrounding her.
A princess that grew up “normal”
While the Princess of Orange is now heir to the throne, she had a humble upbringing. Though she lived in Eikenhorst Villa in Wassenaar, an affluent suburb of The Hague, she rode a bicycle to school like the other Dutch children, reported BBC.
According to the article, friends and relatives of the princess said that she was no different from the others and interacted with them just like everybody else.
The princess’s father, King Willem-Alexander, is a pilot who regularly flies passengers on commercial aircraft while her mother, Queen Máxima, is Argentinian and reflects her Latin American flair in their royal household.
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