Who is Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange?

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Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria was born on 7 December 2003 in the HMC Bronovo at The Hague in The Netherlands. 101 salute shots were fired at four places in the Kingdom of The Netherlands: Den Helder, The Hague, Willemstad (Curacao) and Oranjestad (Aruba). 




Family


Her parents are King Willem Alexander of The Netherlands and Queen Máxima. Her paternal grandparents are Former Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands and Prince Claus. 

Her maternal grandparents are Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart.

Princess Catharina-Amalia is a member of the House of Orange-Nassau.


Baptism

She was baptised in the Great Church of The Hague. Her godparents are:
- Prince Constantijn (The Netherlands);
- Crown Princess Victoria (Sweden);
- Herman Tjeenk Willink (then the Council of State of the Netherlands);
- Samantha Deane ( a friend of her mother);
- Martín Zorreguieta (her maternal uncle);
- Marc ter Haar (a friend of her father).

At her baptism, her maternal grandparents attended the ceremony. 


Sisters

Princess Amalia has two younger sisters:
- Princess Alexia (born in 2005); 
- Princess Ariane (born in 2007).

Education


Starting in December 2007, Catharina-Amalia attended the public primary school Bloemcampschool in Wassenaar. Later she attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague, where her aunt Princess Laurentien also attended.


Crown Princess

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, becoming the first to do so in her own right. Princess Catharina-Amalia will assume a seat in the Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands upon reaching the age of majority at 18.

In 2020, a new regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, the Regiment Huzaren Prinses Catharina-Amalia, was named after Catharina-Amalia.

She graduated in June 2021. 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".


Her 18th. B-Day


Just as her father and grandmother did, a book about Princess Amalia was  released in November 2021.
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.


Other books about Amalia, Princess of Orange


in Dutch:

Van Hortense tot Amalia: written by Arnout van Cruyningen
Amalia de plicht roept : written by Peter Rehwinkel





Location: Den Haag, Nederland

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