Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

{{Short description|Heir apparent to the Dutch throne (born 2003)}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Catharina-Amalia

| title = Princess of Orange

| image = 2023 Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange.jpg

| caption = Catharina-Amalia in 2023

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|12|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands

| full name = Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria

| house = Orange-Nassau {{small|(official)}}
Amsberg {{small|(agnatic)}}

| father = Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

| mother = Máxima Zorreguieta

| religion =

| module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes

| education = * Bloemcamp Primary School

Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet

| alma_mater = * University of Amsterdam

}}

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange ({{IPA|nl|kaːtaːˈrinaː ʔaːˈmaːlijaː}}; 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 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.

Early life

Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria of the Netherlands was born at 17:01 CET on 7 December 2003 in the HMC Bronovo in The Hague,{{Cite web |date=23 December 2003 |title=Newly-born Princess Catharina-Amalia second in line for Dutch throne |url=http://www.godutch.com/windmill/newsItem.asp?id=503 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102063603/http://www.godutch.com/windmill/newsItem.asp?id=503 |archive-date=2 November 2007 |access-date=5 June 2007 |website=goDutch.com}}{{Cite news |date=8 December 2004 |title=Dutch celebrate royal baby birth |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3301071.stm |access-date=31 December 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180111123441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3301071.stm|archive-date=11 January 2018|url-status=live}} the first child of the then Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange (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.{{Cite web |year=2003 |title=A new government and Dutch troops go to Iraq |url=http://www.innl.nl/page/14489/en?lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204061019/http://www.innl.nl/page/14489/en?lang=en |archive-date=4 December 2013 |access-date=6 May 2013 |website=historyinnl}}

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, her mother's friend Samantha Deane, her uncle Martín Zorreguieta, and her father's friend Marc ter Haar.{{Cite web |title=Princess Catharina-Amalia |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/members-of-the-royal-house/princess-catharina-amalia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504161040/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/members-of-the-royal-house/princess-catharina-amalia/ |archive-date=4 May 2013 |access-date=6 May 2013 |website=Het Koninklijk Huis}} Catharina-Amalia's maternal grandparents, Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti, 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.{{Cite web |date=14 June 2004 |title=Joyful christening of Catharina-Amalia |url=http://www.helloonline.com/royalty/2004/06/14/dutchchristening/ |website=Hello|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216045618/http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2004/06/14/dutchchristening/|archive-date=16 February 2013|url-status=live}}

Princess Catharina-Amalia has two younger sisters: Princess Alexia (born in 2005) and Princess Ariane (born in 2007). The family spent the princesses' formative years at Villa Eikenhorst on the De Horsten estate in Wassenaar. In 2019 they moved to Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague.{{Cite web |title=Huis ten Bosch Palace |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/palaces/huis-ten-bosch-palace/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017093950/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/palaces/huis-ten-bosch-palace/ |archive-date=17 October 2013 |access-date=17 August 2013 |website=Het Koninklijk Huis}}

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.{{Cite news |date=7 December 2009 |title=Princess Amalia celebrates sixth birthday |work=DutchNews.nl |url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/12/princess_amalia_celebrates_six.php |access-date=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222173909/http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/12/princess_amalia_celebrates_six.php|archive-date=22 February 2013|url-status=live}} Catharina-Amalia's paternal grandmother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated on 30{{nbsp}}April 2013 and her father ascended the throne. Catharina-Amalia, as the new heir apparent, assumed the title of Princess of Orange,{{Cite news |date=30 April 2013 |title=Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicates in favour of son |language=en |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22348160 |access-date=25 December 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160319121231/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22348160|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=live}} becoming the first to do so in her own right.{{Cite news|first=Natasha|last= Leake|title=Everything you need to know about Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands as the future Dutch queen celebrates her 19th birthday|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-the-princess-of-orange-catharina-amalia|date=7 December 2022|access-date=7 December 2022|website=Tatler|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826163755/https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-the-princess-of-orange-catharina-amalia|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live}}

Education

In December 2007, Catharina-Amalia started attending Bloemcamp Primary School, a public primary school in Wassenaar.{{Cite news |date=18 September 2007 |title=Princess Amalia to attend state school |work=DutchNews.nl |url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2007/09/princess_amalia_to_attend_stat.php |access-date=29 January 2013|archive-date=15 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715151311/https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2007/09/princess_amalia_to_attend_stat/|url-status=live}} After graduating from primary school, she attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague, where her aunt Princess Laurentien attended.{{Cite news |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2053683-prinses-amalia-naar-de-middelbare-school.html |title=Prinses Amalia naar de middelbare school |date=24 August 2015 |work=NOS |language=nl |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220715150722/https://nos.nl/artikel/2053683-prinses-amalia-naar-de-middelbare-school |url-status=live |access-date=2 May 2017 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/the-princess-of-orange|title=The Princess of Orange|website=Dutch Royal House|date=19 August 2014 |access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=15 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715152414/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/the-princess-of-orange|url-status=live}} She graduated in 2021 with distinction. After completing her studies at Sorghvliet, Catharina-Amalia took a gap year, during which she interned at the Orange Fund and volunteered at other organisations.{{cite web|website=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CbaU2AKs1fD/|title=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. ...|author=Koninklijk Huis|trans-title=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. ...|date=22 March 2022|access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420073954/https://www.instagram.com/p/CbaU2AKs1fD/|url-status=bot: unknown|language=nl}}

As of 5 September 2022 Catharina-Amalia is studying at the University of Amsterdam for a Bachelor of Science{{cite web|url=https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/programmas/en/bachelors/politics-psychology-law-and-economics/politics-psychology-law-and-economics.html|title=Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE)|website=University of Amsterdam|access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=16 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616062909/https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/programmas/en/bachelors/politics-psychology-law-and-economics/politics-psychology-law-and-economics.html|url-status=live}} degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE).{{cite web |title=In beeld: prinses Amalia begint aan haar studie (dus is er een fotomoment) |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2443420-in-beeld-prinses-amalia-begint-aan-haar-studie-dus-is-er-een-fotomoment |website=Nederlandse Omroep Stichting |date=5 September 2022 |language=nl|access-date=6 September 2022|archive-date=26 August 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826160240/https://nos.nl/artikel/2443420-in-beeld-prinses-amalia-begint-aan-haar-studie-dus-is-er-een-fotomoment|url-status=live}} During her second month in university, she was moved back to the royal palace from her student housing in Amsterdam due to security risks.{{cite news |last1=Lock |first1=Samantha |title=Dutch crown princess moves out of student flat after security threats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/14/dutch-crown-princess-moves-out-of-student-flat-after-security-threats |access-date=14 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=14 October 2022 |language=en|archive-date=16 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616061840/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/14/dutch-crown-princess-moves-out-of-student-flat-after-security-threats|url-status=live}} In April 2024, King Willem-Alexander revealed that Catharina-Amalia lived in Madrid in 2023 under the protection of the Spanish monarchy, while she continued her studies online, due to the threats from the Moroccan mafia, a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking that has been threatening to kidnap her.{{Cite web |last=Ferrer |first=Isabel |date=2024-04-17 |title=El rey Guillermo de Países Bajos agradece a Felipe VI y a la reina Letizia haber acogido en España a su hija Amalia |url=https://elpais.com/espana/2024-04-17/el-rey-guillermo-de-paises-bajos-agradece-a-felipe-vi-y-a-la-reina-letizia-haber-acogido-en-espana-a-su-hija-amalia.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=El País |language=es|archive-date=16 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616061430/https://elpais.com/espana/2024-04-17/el-rey-guillermo-de-paises-bajos-agradece-a-felipe-vi-y-a-la-reina-letizia-haber-acogido-en-espana-a-su-hija-amalia.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Kassam |first=Ashifa |date=2024-04-17 |title=Dutch heir to throne spent year in Madrid amid safety fears, reports say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/princess-amalia-dutch-heir-to-throne-year-in-madrid-safety-fears |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077|archive-date=16 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616061550/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/princess-amalia-dutch-heir-to-throne-year-in-madrid-safety-fears|url-status=live}}{{cite web |access-date=April 24, 2024 |date=October 19, 2022 |language=ES |publisher=El Diario.ar |title=Hija de la argentina Máxima y heredera al trono de Holanda, la princesa Catalina Amalia vive encerrada por amenaza narco |url=https://www.eldiarioar.com/mundo/hija-argentina-maxima-heredera-trono-holanda-princesa-catalina-amalia-vive-encerrada-amenaza-narco_1_9635356.html|archive-date=16 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616062245/https://www.eldiarioar.com/mundo/hija-argentina-maxima-heredera-trono-holanda-princesa-catalina-amalia-vive-encerrada-amenaza-narco_1_9635356.html|url-status=live}} In August 2024, the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation announced that Catharina-Amalia joined Amsterdam corps, a Dutch student association.{{cite web |title='Prinses Amalia wordt toch lid van corps Amsterdam'|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2533854-prinses-amalia-wordt-toch-lid-van-corps-amsterdam|website=Nederlandse Omroep Stichting |language=nl|date=19 August 2024|archive-date=19 August 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240819161539/https://nos.nl/artikel/2533854-prinses-amalia-wordt-toch-lid-van-corps-amsterdam|url-status=live}}

Catharina-Amalia speaks Dutch, English, and Spanish.{{Cite web |title=The children of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima |url=http://www.holland.com/us/tourism/article/the-children-of-crown-prince-willem-alexander-and-princess-maxima.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204195716/http://www.holland.com/us/tourism/article/the-children-of-crown-prince-willem-alexander-and-princess-maxima.htm |archive-date=4 February 2015 |access-date=4 February 2015 |website=Holland.com |url-status=live }} Additionally, she took classes in Mandarin Chinese.{{Cite news |last=Fu |first=Jing |date=31 July 2016 |title=European royals turning their hand to Mandarin |work=China Daily |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/kindle/2016-07/31/content_26286409.htm |access-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714021902/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/kindle/2016-07/31/content_26286409.htm|archive-date=14 July 2022|url-status=live}}

Public life

Catharina-Amalia and her sisters attended the annual Koningsdag. On 19 June 2010, Catharina-Amalia served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/princess-victorias-weddin_b_618666|title=Princess Victoria's Wedding & The Triumph Of Style In Sweden (UPDATED PHOTOS, POLL)|first=

Yvonne |last=Yorke |date=20 June 2010 |website=Huffpost |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826142054/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/princess-victorias-weddin_b_618666|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2014}} 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.{{Cite book |last=de Breij |first=Claudia|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1277345749 |title=Amalia |date=2021-11-16 |publisher=Uitgeverij Pluim |isbn=978-94-93256-63-7 |edition=Eerste druk |location=Amsterdam |language=nl |oclc=1277345749}} On 8 December 2021, 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.{{Cite news |date=8 December 2021 |title=Princess Amalia delivers confident debut speech to Raad van State |language=en |work=DutchNews.nl |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/12/princess-amalia-delivers-confident-debut-speech-to-raad-van-state/ |access-date=25 December 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826162855/https://www.dutchnews.nl/2021/12/princess-amalia-delivers-confident-debut-speech-to-raad-van-state/|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Ketelaar |first=Titia |date=8 December 2021 |title=Amalia citeert Beatrix in de Raad van State: 'Ik zal trachten een goede leerling te zijn' |language=nl |work=NRC |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/12/08/amalia-citeert-beatrix-in-de-raad-van-state-ik-zal-trachten-een-goede-leerling-te-zijn-a4068314 |access-date=25 December 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211208174140/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/12/08/amalia-citeert-beatrix-in-de-raad-van-state-ik-zal-trachten-een-goede-leerling-te-zijn-a4068314|archive-date=8 December 2021|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Meijer |first=Remco |date=8 December 2021 |title=Bij de Raad van State noemt prinses Amalia haar vader voorzitter. 'Voor één keer' |language=nl |work=de Volkskrant |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-bcf071a1 |access-date=25 December 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826163235/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/bij-de-raad-van-state-noemt-prinses-amalia-haar-vader-voorzitter-voor-een-keer~bcf071a1/|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live}} On the same day, she gave her first public speech at the Council of State meeting in Kneuterdijk Palace.{{cite press release|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/11/08/prinses-van-oranje-wordt-binnengeleid-in-raad-van-state|title=Prinses van Oranje wordt binnengeleid in Raad van State|trans-title=Princess of Orange is introduced to the Council of State|website=Dutch Royal House|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409020408/https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/11/08/prinses-van-oranje-wordt-binnengeleid-in-raad-van-state|date=8 November 2021|access-date=9 April 2023|archive-date=9 April 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/documenten/toespraken/2021/12/08/toespraak-van-de-prinses-van-oranje-bij-haar-intrede-in-de-raad-van-state|title=Toespraak van de Prinses van Oranje bij haar intrede in de Raad van State|trans-title=Speech by the Princess of Orange on her entry into the Council of State|website=Dutch Royal House|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409020941/https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/documenten/toespraken/2021/12/08/toespraak-van-de-prinses-van-oranje-bij-haar-intrede-in-de-raad-van-state|date=8 December 2021|access-date=9 April 2023|archive-date=9 April 2023|url-status=live}} An outdoor birthday party thrown by her family to mark the occasion was found to be in breach of regulations and restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, which made her father admit that "it was not right to organize this".{{cite news|url=https://theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/16/dutch-royals-sorry-for-princess-amalia-birthday-party-that-broke-covid-rules|title=Dutch royals sorry for Princess Amalia birthday party that broke Covid rules|work=Agence France-Presse|date=15 December 2021|access-date=15 March 2024|via=The Guardian}}{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/16/europe/dutch-royal-birthday-party-covid-rules-scli-intl/index.html|title=Dutch princess' 18th birthday party broke Covid-19 rules|work=CNN|first1=Amy|last1=Cassidy|first2=Jack|last2=Guy|date=16 December 2021|access-date=15 March 2024}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.hola.com/us/royals/20220617333927/queen-maxima-daughter-princess-catharina-amalia-tiara-debut/ | title=Dutch Princess makes her tiara debut wearing mom's wedding day tiara | date=17 June 2022|website=Hola|first=Alexandra|last=Hurtado|access-date=9 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409010530/https://www.hola.com/us/royals/20220617333927/queen-maxima-daughter-princess-catharina-amalia-tiara-debut/|archive-date=9 April 2023|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Prinsjesdag: traditie en ceremonie|url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/prinsjesdag-traditie-en-ceremonie|language=Dutch|access-date=29 September 2022|website=Government of the Netherlands|date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409011144/https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/prinsjesdag-traditie-en-ceremonie|archive-date=9 April 2023|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Dutch king greeted with boos, cheers as he opens parliament|url=https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-king-greeted-with-boos-cheers-as-he-opens-parliament/a-63186803|date=20 September 2022|access-date=29 September 2022|website=Deutsche Welle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409011453/https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-king-greeted-with-boos-cheers-as-he-opens-parliament/a-63186803|archive-date=9 April 2023|url-status=live}} In November 2022, Catharina-Amalia and her family visited an exhibition at Nieuwe Kerk dedicated to Queen Juliana.{{Cite web|title=De Oranjes (inclusief Amalia) poseren bij de Juliana-tentoonstelling in de Nieuwe Kerk|trans-title=The Oranjes (including Amalia) pose at the Juliana exhibition in the Nieuwe Kerk|url=https://www.libelle.nl/de-oranjes/de-oranjes-inclusief-amalia-poseren-bij-de-juliana-tentoonstelling-in-de-nieuwe-kerk~ba575c40/?referrer=https://www.google.com/|date=4 November 2022|access-date=26 August 2023|website=Libelle|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826152957/https://www.libelle.nl/de-oranjes/de-oranjes-inclusief-amalia-poseren-bij-de-juliana-tentoonstelling-in-de-nieuwe-kerk~ba575c40/|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live}} In December 2022, she visited the three branches of Dutch military: Air Force, Army and Navy.{{Cite web|title=Crown princess Amalia celebrates her 19th birthday|url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/12/crown-princess-amalia-celebrates-her-19th-birthday/|date=20 September 2022|access-date=9 April 2023|website=DutchNews.nl}}{{cite web|website=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Clq6GlgNBrd/|title=Het afgelopen jaar heeft de Prinses van Oranje kennisgemaakt met drie onderdelen van de Nederlandse krijgsmacht, ter gelegenheid van haar achttiende verjaardag. ...|author=Koninklijk Huis|trans-title=In the past year, The Princess of Orange became acquainted with three parts of the Dutch armed forces on the occasion of her eighteenth birthday. ...|date=2 December 2022|access-date=9 April 2023|archive-date=9 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409022915/https://www.instagram.com/p/Clq6GlgNBrd/|url-status=bot: unknown}}

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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.{{Cite news|title=Future Dutch Queen to make first royal tour to the Caribbean|url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/future-dutch-queen-make-first-royal-tour-caribbean|date=2 September 2022|access-date=29 September 2022|website=LOOP News Caribbean}} In April 2023, Catharina-Amalia and her sister Princess Ariane attended King's Day concert in Rotterdam.{{Cite news|first=Stephanie|last= Bridger-Linning|title=Royal sisters' night out! Princess Catharina-Amalia and Princess Ariane of the Netherlands step out in Rotterdam|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-and-princess-ariane-of-the-netherlands-in-rotterdam|date=20 April 2023|access-date=19 August 2023|website=Tatler|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826153607/https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-and-princess-ariane-of-the-netherlands-in-rotterdam|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live}} On 5 May 2023, she accompanied her grandmother to a reception held at Buckingham Palace the evening before the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom.{{Cite news|title=International royals and world leaders celebrate the Coronation of King Charles at a glittering Buckingham Palace reception|url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/every-foreign-royal-king-charles-iii-coronation-reception-buckingham-palace|date=19 August 2023|access-date=19 August 2023|website=Tatler|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819031325/https://www.tatler.com/gallery/every-foreign-royal-king-charles-iii-coronation-reception-buckingham-palace|archive-date=19 August 2023|url-status=live}} In June 2023, she and her parents attended a state banquet honoring the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan and Rajwa Al Saif.{{Cite news|title=Queen Máxima Rewore a Blue Floral Gown to the Royal Wedding of Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a44056331/prince-hussein-rajwa-al-saif-wedding-queen-maxima-photos/|date=2 June 2023|access-date=19 August 2023|website=Town & Country|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819031747/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a44056331/prince-hussein-rajwa-al-saif-wedding-queen-maxima-photos/|archive-date=19 August 2023|url-status=live}} She carried her first solo official trip abroad in October 2023 by attending Prince Christian of Denmark's 18th birthday celebration banquet at Christiansborg Palace, Denmark.{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g45547185/prince-christian-denmark-18th-birthday-photos/|title=The Heirs to the Thrones of Europe Gathered for Prince Christian of Denmark's Glitzy Birthday Celebration|last=Hubbard|first=Lauren|date=16 October 2023|access-date=15 January 2024|work=Town & Country|archive-date=15 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115010428/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g45547185/prince-christian-denmark-18th-birthday-photos/|url-status=bot: unknown}} Catharina-Amalia attended her first state banquet, honouring King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, in April 2024.{{Cite web|title=Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands Sparkles in Repeat Tiara at Her First State Banquet|url=https://people.com/princess-catharina-amalia-netherlands-wears-ruby-tiara-first-state-banquet-photos-8634972|access-date=2024-05-19|date=2024-04-17|first=Janine|last=Henni|website=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519041413/https://people.com/princess-catharina-amalia-netherlands-wears-ruby-tiara-first-state-banquet-photos-8634972|archive-date=2024-05-19|url-status=live}}

= Public image =

Catharina-Amalia has experienced repeated fat shaming by tabloids and on social media since she was young, most notably by the Portuguese celebrity magazine Caras labeling her as plus size. In response to the body shaming, members of the public have expressed their support for the princess, calling the fat shaming against her unacceptable.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-29 |title=Portuguese magazine apologises for calling Princess Catharina-Amalia 'plus-size' on cover |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/princess-catharina-amalia-plus-size-caras-magazine-netherlands-royal-family-a9642786.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-04-29 |title=Lisa: 'Ik was één van de mensen die zeiden dat Amalia te dik is' |url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/4167041/lisa-ik-was-een-van-de-mensen-die-zeiden-dat-amalia-te-dik |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=RTL Nieuws |language=nl}}{{Cite web |last=NWS |first=VRT |date=2023-01-30 |title=Kroonprinses Amalia slachtoffer van bodyshaming: "Negativiteit komt binnen, ook bij andere jongeren" |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/01/30/prinses-amalia-in-de-caraiben-bodyshaming/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=vrtnws.be |language=nl}}

= Annual allowance =

Catharina-Amalia became entitled to an annual allowance from the Dutch state upon reaching the age of 18. This allowance consisted of two parts: a personal income component of €296,000 and a €1,338,000 allocation for staff and operational expenses. Following her high school graduation, Catharina-Amalia opted to decline the annual allowance until she completed her studies.{{Cite news |last=Henley |first=Jon |date=11 June 2021 |title=Princess Amalia, heir to Dutch throne, waives right to yearly income |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/11/princess-amalia-heir-to-dutch-throne-waives-right-to-yearly-income |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715151942/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/11/princess-amalia-heir-to-dutch-throne-waives-right-to-yearly-income |archive-date=15 July 2022 |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=The Guardian}}

In May 2024, citing changed circumstances, Catharina-Amalia announced she would begin utilizing her annual allowance for staff and operational expenses, starting in January 2025. This decision comes despite her ongoing studies. Her annual allowance for staff and operational expenses has continued to increase in recent years and amounted to €1.5 million in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Pascoe |first=Robin |date=2024-05-08 |title=Princess Amalia to claim her €1.5 million expenses allowance |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/05/princess-amalia-to-claim-her-e1-5-million-expenses-allowance/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=DutchNews.nl |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Ilse |first=Jess |date=2024-05-08 |title=Princess Amalia to stop reimbursing her public allowance in 2025 |url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/netherlands/princess-amalia-to-stop-reimbursing-her-public-allowance-in-2025-198548/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Royal Central |language=en-GB}}

Titles, styles, honours and arms

File:Royal Monogram of Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands.svg

=Titles=

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". On 30 April 2013, she additionally assumed the substantive title Princess of Orange. She has since been known as "Her Royal Highness Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, The Princess of Orange", although is styled "Her Royal Highness The Princess of Orange"{{Cite web |title=Titels leden Koninklijke Familie |url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onderwerpen/titels-aanspreektitels-en-beschermheerschappen/koninklijke-familie |access-date=25 December 2021 |website=Het Koninklijk Huis |date=14 January 2015 |language=nl}}

=Honours=

==National==

{{see also|List of honours of the Dutch royal family by country}}

70px Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands (7 December 2021).{{Cite web |date=7 December 2021 |title=Prinses van Oranje 18 jaar: Onderscheidingsvlag, Ridder Grootkruis en Huisorde |url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/12/07/prinses-van-oranje-18-jaar-onderscheidingsvlag-ridder-grootkruis-en-huisorde |access-date=25 December 2021 |website=Het Koninklijk Huis |language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720072605/https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/12/07/prinses-van-oranje-18-jaar-onderscheidingsvlag-ridder-grootkruis-en-huisorde|archive-date=20 July 2023|url-status=live}}
70px Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (7 December 2021).

==Foreign==

{{Flagu|Oman}}:
70px Member 1st Class of the Order of the Renaissance (15 April 2025){{cite web |first=Ben|last=Jureidini|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-childhood-tiara-omani-state-banquet|title= A dazzling future queen: Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands rewears her childhood favourite tiara as she joins Queen Maxima and Princess Viktória of Bourbon-Parma at the Omani state dinner|date= 16 April 2025|magazine= Tatler |access-date= 26 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425095219/https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-childhood-tiara-omani-state-banquet |archive-date= 25 April 2025 |url-status=live}}
{{Flagu|Portugal}}:
70px Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (10 December 2024){{cite web |first=Clara|last=Strunck|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-netherlands-sentimental-dutch-star-tiara |title= Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands wears a sentimental tiara designed by her mother to a landmark state banquet|date= 12 December 2024|magazine= Tatler |access-date= 26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250122025418/https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-netherlands-sentimental-dutch-star-tiara |archive-date= 22 January 2025 |url-status=live}}
{{Flagu|Spain}}:
70px Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (GYC, 10 April 2024){{cite web|url=https://boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2024-7087 |title= Royal Decree 374/2024 |date= 9 April 2024|website= Boletín Oficial del Estado |publisher= Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date= 26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240427030712/https://boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2024-7087 |archive-date= 27 April 2024 |url-status=live}}

=Honorific eponyms=

==Geographic locations==

{{Flagu|Netherlands}}: Princess Amalia Wind Farm in the offshore of IJmuiden, North Holland.{{cite web |url=http://www.mottmac.com/projects/?id=56806 |title=Princess Amalia (Q7) Offshore Windfarm |publisher=Mott MacDonald | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719020528/http://www.mottmac.com/projects/?id=56806 | archivedate=19 July 2011 |url-status=live |accessdate=21 April 2011}}

== Structures ==

{{Flagu|Curaçao}}: Princess Amalia Bridge in Scharloo, Willemstad.{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/latest/news/2023/01/12/visit-to-caribbean-part-of-the-kingdom-programme|title=Visit to Caribbean part of the Kingdom – programme|website=Royal House of the Netherlands|date=12 January 2023|access-date=26 June 2024|archive-date=26 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626123909/https://www.royal-house.nl/latest/news/2023/01/12/visit-to-caribbean-part-of-the-kingdom-programme|url-status=live}}

==Other==

{{Flagu|Netherlands}}: Prinses Amalia, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain once owned by her great-grandfather, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.{{Cite news |date=7 December 2010 |title=Princess Amalia turns seven |work=DutchNews.nl |url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/12/princess_amalia_turns_seven/ |access-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230826161651/https://www.dutchnews.nl/2010/12/princess_amalia_turns_seven/|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live}}
{{Flagu|Netherlands}}: Vox Amalia, a dredging vessel built by Dutch maritime contracting company Van Oord.{{Cite news |title=Vox Amalia|work=Van Oord |url=https://magazine.vanoord.com/about-marine-ingenuity-7/equipment-vox-amalia-and-vox-alexia|access-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626100348/https://magazine.vanoord.com/about-marine-ingenuity-7/equipment-vox-amalia-and-vox-alexia|archive-date=26 June 2024|url-status=live}}
{{Flagu|Netherlands}}: Regiment Huzaren Prinses Catharina-Amalia, a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army.{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Bulletin of Acts and Decrees, 435 |url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2020-435.html |access-date=23 March 2021 |website=Official Gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |language=Dutch|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230909223749/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2020-435.html|archive-date=9 September 2023|url-status=live}}
{{Flagu|Curaçao}}: Amalia Waltz, a dance music composed by John Nathan Suarez and presented to the Dutch Royal Family by Curaçaoan governor Lucille George-Wout.{{cite web|url=https://www.eanews.com/governor-of-curacao-presents-the-recording-of-amalia-waltz-to-king-willem-alexander/|title=Governor of Curaçao presents the recording of 'Amalia Waltz' to King Willem-Alexander|website=EA News Aruba|date=20 September 2023|access-date=26 June 2024|archive-date=26 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626125052/https://www.eanews.com/governor-of-curacao-presents-the-recording-of-amalia-waltz-to-king-willem-alexander/|url-status=live}}

=Arms=

{{Infobox COA wide

|image = Coat of Arms of the children of Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands.svg

|bannerimage = Prinses Amalia en zussen vlag.svg

|imagesize = 200

|notes = This coat of arms is used by the Princess of Orange and her sisters, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane.{{Cite web |title=Wapens van leden van het Koninklijk Huis |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onderwerpen/wapens/inhoud/wapens-van-leden-van-het-koninklijk-huis |access-date=6 May 2013 |website=Het Koninklijk Huis |language=nl}}

|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.{{Cite web|url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2021-582.html|title = Besluit van 24 november 2021, houdende vaststelling van een onderscheidingsvlag voor Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid Prinses Catharina-Amalia en haar zusters|date = 10 May 2022}}

|symbolism = 25px The first and fourth quarters are the coat of arms of the Netherlands, based on the coat of arms of the House of Nassau.
25px The second and third quarters are the coat of arms of the Prince of Orange.
25px In the center is the coat of arms of the Zorreguieta family.

}}