Royal annuity, vacation in Greece, party: Amalia from the Netherlands, 18, and already controversies

"The (royal) family was convinced to compose responsibly with the rules against the coronavirus during this outdoor gathering, and to have taken the necessary precautions", assured Mark Rutte, the Dutch Prime Minister, in a letter addressed to the Parliament, Wednesday, December 15.

Before adding: "The king informed me that after reflection, he thought it was a bad idea to have organized this."

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Holidays in Greece

The sovereign's relatives have indeed invited 21 people to the birthday party of Amalia of the Netherlands, who celebrated her 18th birthday, on December 7. However, according to health measures, the Dutch can only invite four people over 13 years old to private gatherings. The event had certainly been organized outdoors, in a park near the palace. And the guests had been tested beforehand, and they had been asked to respect social distancing, argues the clan.

But the Princess of Orange is not her first controversy.

In October 2020, Amalia from the Netherlands and her family, under fire from critics, were forced to cut short a controversial stay in Greece.

The rest of the nation did indeed view these holidays with a dim view, due to the partial confinement imposed on it at the same time.

The royal family then hastened to return to the palace, and to offer their most basic apologies to their subjects.

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"I am not ready to become queen"

Almost a year later, the secrets of Princess Amalia of the Netherlands, transcribed in an authorized biography, surprised her fellow citizens to say the least. The one who has just entered the Dutch Council of State indeed revealed, in mid-November, that she did not feel ready to succeed her father, King Willem-Alexander. "I am not ready to become queen", she had thus underlined.

The heiress had explained to author Claudia de Breij that if the latter, 54 years old and crowned in 2013, were to die suddenly, she would ask her mother to replace her temporarily on the throne.

“But I said to my father: 'Keep eating healthy and doing a lot of sports,'” added Amalia from the Netherlands.

The student also maintains that she would accept a possible abolition of the monarchy by the Republicans.

"They have of course the possibility to do it, and life will go on for me", she declared thus.

Words that have a bit challenged the Dutch, destabilized by this lack of enthusiasm.

" I am not ready to become queen ": the secrets of Princess Amalia of the Netherlands

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The future queens of Europe - Catharina-Amalia from the Netherlands

Born on December 7, 2003 in The Hague, Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, 16, is the eldest daughter of the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, and Queen Máxima.

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(The Hague, July 17, 2020.)

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An allocation of $ 2 million

Six months earlier, the daughter of Queen Máxima had already allowed herself a departure from royal protocol. She had indeed refused, by means of a letter to Mark Rutte, an annual allowance of 2 million dollars (1.7 million euros), which was to be paid to her from the age of 18. This compensation was also to be allocated to him until his coronation. "On December 7, 2021, I will be 18 years old, and, by law, I will receive an allowance," she wrote. It makes me uncomfortable as long as I don't do anything in return, and while other students are going through a much more difficult time, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. ”

Catharina-Amalia had added that she would reimburse the $ 400,000 (300,000 euros) to which she had been entitled so far, and waive the remaining 1.3 million, as long as she did not "generate income" in "her role. of Princess of Orange ”.

A decision of an unprecedented nature, then underlined the

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It was the first time that a member of the Dutch royal family had refused state compensation.

A controversy that could influence the popularity of the clan.

It had in fact been designated as the most expensive monarchy in Europe, in a study published in 2012.

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Catharina-Amalia was born in 2003 from the union of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, celebrated a year earlier.

She is the big sister of princesses Alexia, 16, and Ariane, 14.

Catharina-Amalia became first in the order of succession to the Dutch throne when her father was crowned king on April 30, 2013. She was then awarded the title of Princess of Orange.

The future queen now wishes to work for an international organization, and to enroll at the University of Leiden.

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