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Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria; born 7 December 2003) is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten.

Catharina-Amalia
Princess of Orange
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Catharina-Amalia in 2019
Born (2003-12-07) 7 December 2003 (age 19)[1]
The Hague, Netherlands
Names
Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria
HouseOrange-Nassau (official)
Amsberg (agnatic)
FatherWillem-Alexander of the Netherlands
MotherMáxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
ReligionProtestant Church in the Netherlands

Catharina-Amalia is the eldest child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She has two younger sisters, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane. She became heir apparent when her father ascended the throne on 30 April 2013.[2]

BirthEdit

Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria was born at 17:01 CET on 7 December 2003 in the HMC Bronovo in The Hague,[1][3] the first child of the then Prince Willem-Alexander (now king) and Princess Máxima. Upon the public announcement of her birth, 101 salute shots were fired at four places in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Den Helder and The Hague in the Netherlands, Willemstad in Curaçao, and Oranjestad in Aruba.[4]

On 12 June 2004, Catharina-Amalia was baptised by the Rev. Carel ter Linden in the Great Church in The Hague. Her godparents are her uncle Prince Constantijn, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, the (then) vice-president of the Council of State of the Netherlands Herman Tjeenk Willink, friend of her mother Samantha Deane, her uncle Martín Zorreguieta, and friend of her father Marc ter Haar.[5]

Catharina-Amalia's maternal grandparents, Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart, were prohibited from attending her parents' wedding in 2002 due to Zorreguieta's involvement in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla, but were present at her baptism, which was a private rather than a state affair.[6][better source needed]

Early life and educationEdit

Princess Catharina-Amalia has two younger sisters: Princess Alexia (born in 2005) and Princess Ariane (born in 2007). The family spent the princess' formative years at Villa Eikenhorst on the De Horsten estate in Wassenaar. In 2019 they moved to Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague.[7] Since September 2022 she lives in a student house with her friends in Amsterdam in order to attend her new studies.[2]

In December 2007, Catharina-Amalia started attending Bloemcamp Primary School, a public primary school in Wassenaar.[8] After graduating from primary school, she attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague, where her aunt Princess Laurentien attended.[9] She participated in the student council and attended both the Model United Nations of the International School of The Hague and The Hague International Model United Nations conferences.[10] She graduated in 2021 with distinction.[10] Upon graduation, she announced that she would take a gap year and refused to accept her right to €1.6m a year in income for the time period, adding that it would make her "uncomfortable as long as I do not do anything for it in return".[11] The Princess spent her gap year in an internship at the Orange Fund and volunteered at other organisations.[12] Since 5 September 2022 Catharina-Amalia is studying at the University of Amsterdam for a BSc degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE).[13] She was placed under heightened security and moved out of her student flat after a threat was identified.[14]

Her birthdays are traditionally celebrated with a concert at the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, which is attended by ambassadors and members of the royal household and the Council of State of the Netherlands.[15] She speaks Dutch, English, and Spanish.[16] Additionally, she took classes in the Mandarin Chinese language.[17]

On her seventh birthday, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain once owned by her great-grandfather, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, was named after Catharina-Amalia by Peter Hartman. The princess herself was prevented from attending the naming ceremony owing to school obligations.[18]

Catharina-Amalia's paternal grandmother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated on 30 April 2013 and her father ascended the throne. Catharina-Amalia, as the new heir apparent, assumed the title of Princess of Orange,[19] becoming the first to do so in her own right. On 8 December 2021, Princess Catharina-Amalia assumed her seat in the Advisory Division of the Council of State when she reached the age of majority at 18 the day before.[20][21][22]

Public lifeEdit

The Princess of Orange with her sisters attended the annual Koningsdag.[10] On the occasion of her 18th birthday in 2021, a biography of Catharina-Amalia was published. Similar books were published on the 18th birthday of Princess Beatrix in 1956 and Prince Willem-Alexander in 1985. The book titled "Amalia" is written by Dutch entertainer Claudia de Breij.[23] On 8 December 2021, Catharina-Amalia gave her first public speech at the Council of State meeting in Kneuterdijk Palace, The Hague.[24][25] On 17 June 2022, together with her parents, she was among the royal guests invited to the celebrations of the 18th birthday of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway. This was Catharina-Amalia's first public engagement outside of The Netherlands and the first occasion to which she was allowed to wear a tiara.[26] On 20 September 2022, together with her parents, Catharina-Amalia attended Prinsjesdag, where the King addressed a joint session of the States General of the Netherlands to outline government policy for the upcoming parliamentary session.[27][28] In December 2022, the Princess visited the three branches of Dutch military: Air Force, Army and Navy.[29][30] The Princess, with other Dutch teenagers, also received an invitation letters for military service from the Dutch government in 2020.[31]

In January and February 2023, Catharina-Amalia went on a tour of the Dutch Caribbean with her parents. They visited Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. It was her first official royal tour.[32]

Titles, styles, honours and armsEdit

 
Catharina Amalia's Monogram

TitlesEdit

Catharina-Amalia has been Princess of the Netherlands and Princess of Orange-Nassau since birth. Until her father's accession, she was therefore styled "Her Royal Highness Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau".[33] On 30 April 2013, she additionally assumed the substantive title Princess of Orange. She has since been known as "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau".[33]

HonoursEdit

See also: List of honours of the Dutch royal family by country

ArmsEdit

Coat of arms of Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
 
Notes
This coat of arms is used by the Princess of Orange and her sisters, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane.[35]
Escutcheon
Quarterly: I and IV azure billety or, a lion with coronet also or armed and langued gules, holding in his dexter paw a sword argent hilted or, and in his sinister seven arrows argent pointed and bound together or, which is of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; II and III or, a horn azure opened and bound gules, which is of the first House of Orange; an inescutcheon or bearing a castle of three towers gules flanked on each side by a poplar tree au naturel, and a river azure flowing from the base, ondoyant to the gate of the castle, which is of the house of Zorreguieta in Argentina.
Banner
  As Princess, Catharina-Amalia uses a swallow-tailed flag, with the Royal standard colours and her paternal arms (the horn of Orange) in the upper hoist and her maternal arms (the tower of Zorreguieta) in the lower hoist. The arms of the Netherlands (which originates from Nassau) without the insignia of the Order of Willem within an orange circle.[36]
Symbolism
  The first and fourth quarters are the coat of arms of the Netherlands, based on the coat of arms of the House of Nassau.[35]
  The second and third quarters are the coat of arms of the Prince of Orange.[35]
  In the center is the coat of arms of the Zorreguieta family.[35]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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  12. ^ Koninklijk Huis (22 March 2022). "De Prinses van Oranje vandaag bij de pitchdag van sociale initiatieven voor het vijfde Groeiprogramma van het Oranje Fonds en vorige week met haar "collega's" in de tuin van het Oranje Fonds in Utrecht. ..." [The Princess of Orange today at the pitch day of social initiatives for the fifth Growth Program of the Orange Fund and last week with her "colleagues" in the garden of the Orange Fund in Utrecht. ...]. Instagram. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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