The choice of the gala dinner that William and Máxima of the Netherlands offered to Kings Felipe and Letizia so that Princess Amalia, 20, would make her debut in a ceremony of this type had its reason. The crown princess of the Netherlands, who speaks perfect Spanish, was incognito in Madrid for most of last year after a mafia group, linked to drug trafficking and human trafficking, issued death threats against her. Her father, King William, has thanked Felipe and Letizia for taking care of Amalia during her stay in Spain.
At first, Guillermo and Máxima’s eldest daughter, who lives with her parents in The Hague, abandoned her project of sharing a student apartment in Amsterdam and pursuing university studies in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics in this city. but finally it was decided to move to Madrid.
Although the presence of the princess in the capital of Spain in the capital of Spain, where she was even seen in the company of Queen Máxima, had not gone unnoticed by the Spanish media, it was always believed that these were sporadic getaways, But on Wednesday night, her father, King William, revealed, in his speech at the gala dinner offered to the Kings, that the stay of his eldest daughter, 20 years old, lasted for a year and that it could be kept secret. with the complicity of Kings Felipe and Letizia, who welcomed her and were attentive to her.
King William stated to the guests and the media present that “All this was possible thanks to the affectionate dedication of a large number of fellow citizens and their majesties. It was a moving proof of friendship in a difficult period. I want to express my most sincere gratitude to their majesties and to all those who collaborated in that effort.” While residing in Madrid, Princess Amalia continued her studies remotely with the complicity of her professors and fellow students at the University of Amsterdam.
The crown princess of the Netherlands returned permanently to Amsterdam two months ago, once the security services considered that the danger has decreased although they do not consider the threat to have disappeared. In the capital she continues her academic training and has settled, instead of in an apartment with other classmates, in a student residence and security measures have been reinforced.
A few weeks ago, in a public appearance, together with her parents, Princess Amalia confessed to undergoing psychological treatment due, first of all, to the threats she had suffered that had reduced the little freedom she had to a minimum. “I miss normal life, student life. Walking through the streets, being able to go to a store,” lamented the princess.
Amalia Catalina is the eldest of the three daughters of Guillermo and Máxima who are also parents of Alexia (18) and Ariana (16) and her first appearance at an official event outside her country was precisely on the arm of Felipe VI with whom she was a couple. at the dinner held in Oslo (Norway) in June 2022, on the occasion of the 18th birthday of Princess Ingrid Alejandra, the eldest daughter of Crown Princes Haakon and Mette Marit. Last June, Amalia accompanied her parents to the wedding of Prince Hussein of Jordan with Rajwa Al Saif,
Amalia forms the group of future queens of Europe, which is headed, by age, by Princess Victoria of Sweden (46) and which also includes Eleanor of Bourbon (18), Isabella of Belgium (22) and Ingrid Alexandra of Norway ( 20), although the latter is the daughter of an heir and not a king.