The Future Queen Of The Netherlands Turns 16

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Today the eldest daughter of King William and Queen Maxima turned 16: Catherine Amalia, Princess of Orange and heir to the throne of the Netherlands.

Despite what you could imagine, there was not a big party for the sweet sixteen of the future queen, on the contrary, something intimate and familiar, since the heiress is at the end of the term and has much to study yet before she arrives Christmas.

The Princess of Orange studies at the Sorghvliet Christian Gymnasium, a public and Protestant institute. She is so smart that she takes an advanced course for her age and chose the branch of economics and social with mathematics and physics.

She is very close to her younger sisters, Alejandra, 14 years old; and Ariadna, 12, with whom she lives in the Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague. Together with their parents, they make up one of the most beloved and respected royal families in Europe.

While he has unfortunately already been cyberbullying because of his overweight since he was 13, his favorite sport is hockey, he loves to ride horses and also sing. Your favorite performer? Beyoncé! Princess Amalia is also a lover of good literature and dramatic art.

When she turns 18, she will officially appear as an heir and will receive an annual allowance of approximately one and a half million euros. Of these, only a little over two hundred and fifty thousand may use them for their personal expenses.

He is fluent in three languages, English, Dutch and Spanish, the mother tongue of his Argentine mother, Máxima Zorreguieta. This is how loving the King of the Netherlands expressed his daughter in a statement to Het Laatste Nieuws: “I am a proud father. She is a fantastic girl who is now becoming a little woman. She is a love and we are very happy for her”.