Her Royal Highness, Catharina-Amalia of The Netherlands, The Princess of Orange traveled to Madrid, Spain to unveil a plaque in the tulip garden within the Plaza de Oriente in Madrid. The city’s mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, accompanied her. On the plaque, a message (written in Spanish) can be read translated into English: “Thank you for my time in Madrid. Enjoy the tulips”.
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| The Princess of Orange and José Luis Martínez-Almeida unveils Tulip garden plaque |
The future Dutch Queen can speak fluent Spanish, thanks to her mother, Queen Máxima, who is an Argentinian. During the unveiling ceremony, Princess Catharina-Amalia said: “Madrid is like a second home to me, especially in such a difficult time for me in The Netherlands. In a very Dutch way, I wanted to thank everybody for looking after my safety and well-being here in Madrid. Thank you very much.”
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| Princess Catharina-Amalia unveils plaque in the tulip garden, April 7, 2025 |
It can be recalled that in 2023, Princess Catharina-Amalia left The Netherlands discreetly and lived in Madrid, Spain for a year under the protection of the Spanish monarchy. She continued her studies at the University of Amsterdam through an online arrangement. The reason for her secret departure was due to the threats she received from the Dutch mafia (of abduction). At that time, she was in her second year taking up a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics (PPLE).
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| The tulips that the Princess of Orange gifted to Madrid, Spain are now in full bloom |
After she returned to The Netherlands in 2024, the Princess gifted Madrid and its people tulip seeds, the symbolic flower of her home country, to thank them for welcoming her and keeping her safe during her stay. The tulip seeds were planted by the Dutch ambassador to Spain, Roel Nieuwenkamp, and Madrid mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida, in November 2024. Now, springtime season, the tulips are in full bloom in Plaza de Oriente.
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| The Princess of Orange in Plaza de Oriente with full tulip blooms |
The Princess of Orange wore a burgundy dress from Bash Paris and a pair of burgundy leather boots from Gianvito Rossi during the unveiling ceremony. Many noticed the major changes in Princess Catharina-Amalia's appearance at this event. She looked more gorgeous and a lot slimmer, far from her former image. Before this Madrid engagement, she was last seen in February this year during her solo engagement christening the Dutch auxiliary ship, the Den Helder.
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| The Princess of Orange in Madrid, Spain. April 7, 2025 |
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| The Princess of Orange on February 22, 2025, taking her first solo engagement christening a ship |
Princess Catharina-Amalia, born on December 7, 2003, is the eldest of the three daughters of Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and Queen Maxima. On April 30, 2013, her grandmother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated the Dutch throne in favor of her father. Upon her father's accession to the throne, she assumed the title Princess of Orange, the title of the heir-apparent of the Dutch king. The Netherlands' royal house name is House of Orange-Nassau.
The Dutch succession law has followed the Absolute Primogeniture succession since 1983. It means that the heir-apparent is the eldest child of the monarch irrespective of gender. So as the eldest child of King Willem-Alexander, Princess Catharina-Amalia's status as the next monarch remained the same even if she had younger brothers. She has two younger sisters, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane. The Dutch royal family currently lived in Huis Ten Bosch Palace in The Hague.
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| Dutch royal family autumn 2024 photoshoot: Princess Ariane, Princess Catharina-Amalia, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, and Princess Alexia |
The Line of Succession to the Dutch Throne as of April 2025. The House of Orange-Nassau listed only eight members eligible to succeed the reigning King. The two daughters of the late Prince Friso (the younger brother of King Willem-Alexander who died in August 2013), Countess Luana and Countess Zaria, are ineligible to succeed. Prince Friso was removed from the line of succession in 2004 when he married Mabel Wisse Smit, because he did not seek parliament approval for their marriage.
1. Catharina-Amalia, the Princess of Orange (born: 2003) - eldest daughter of the King
2. Princess Alexia of The Netherlands (born: 2005) - second daughter of the King
3. Princess Ariane of The Netherlands (born: 2007) - youngest daughter of the King
4. Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands (born: 1969) - youngest brother of the King
5. Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau (born: 2002) - eldest child of Prince Constantijn
6. Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau (born: 2004) - second child of Prince Constantijn
7. Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau (born: 2006) - youngest child of Prince Constantijn
8. Princess Margriet of The Netherlands (born: 1943) - maternal aunt of the King
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| The Dutch royal sisters from left: Princess Alexia, Princess Catharina-Amalia, and Princess Ariane |
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| Summer 2024 photoshoot of the Dutch royal family, from left: The King, the Princess of Orange, Queen Maxima, Princess Alexia, and Princess Ariane. The family dog, Mambo, is part of the photoshoot |
Education of the Dutch royal sisters:
The Princess of Orange is currently third year of her BA course at the University of Amsterdam in the Dutch capital but her two younger sisters are studying abroad. Princess Alexia is in her first year taking a bachelor's degree in Science and Engineering for Social Change at the Faculty of Engineering, University College London (UCL), UK. Princess Alexia also completed her high school at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, UK, where she was a classmate of the future Spanish Queen, Leonor, the Princess of Asturias. Their younger sister, Princess Ariane, is completing her high school diploma at the United World College of the Adriatic, located in the village of Duino, near the city of Trieste, in Italy's north-eastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
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