Princess Amalia
Heir to the throne has ‘very difficult time’ due to threats
Princess Amalia to journalists in the Caribbean.
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Crown Princess Amalia spoke for the first time about the threats posed by the Dutch mafia during her trip to the Caribbean.
After threats from the Mafia, Crown Princess Amalia (19) had to move out of her shared student flat in Amsterdam last fall. Now the heir to the Dutch throne has spoken about the threats for the first time. Because of this, she is still going through “a very difficult time”, she told the media at the end of their two-week trip through the Caribbean.
She definitely imagined her student days differently. “I had the thought that I could do the same thing that other students do. Unfortunately, the reality was different,” said the princess. Although she is still studying at the University of Amsterdam, she can no longer “walk down the street and through a shop”. That’s what she misses the most at the moment. She hopes “that the situation will change soon” and enjoyed “experiencing a little more freedom” in the Caribbean.
Princess Amalia thanks for support
Crown Princess Amalia took the opportunity to express her gratitude for the support: “I really want to say thank you for all the support from friends and family, but also from all parts of the Netherlands and the Caribbean.”
On Thursday evening (February 9), she flew back to the Netherlands with her parents, King Willem-Alexander (55) and Queen Máxima (51). There she will resume her studies.
Princess Amalia began studying politics, psychology, law and economics at the University of Amsterdam in September 2022. For this purpose she had moved into a shared student flat. There she had to be guarded more closely as there were concerns for her safety. A notorious drug mafia was apparently targeting them and planning a kidnapping or an attack. Due to the increasing threat, Amalia eventually had to leave the community. Since then she has lived again in the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague.