Dutch Crown Princess Amalia has been living in Spain to escape threats to her security, local media reported as she prepared to make her official debut during a state visit to the Netherlands on Wednesday.
According to public media NOS, citing royal sources, the 20-year-old lived and studied in Madrid for more than a year.
In October 2022, Amalia was forced to abandon her plans to live in a student residence in the Dutch capital due to her security fears, just weeks after starting to study politics, psychology, law and economics at the University of Amsterdam.
The heir to the throne was photographed beaming as she began her studies. She had indicated that she was considering living in student accommodation.
But the royal couple said about a month later that their daughter had been forced to return to live in the palace in The Hague, with significantly increased security measures.
“She can’t live in Amsterdam and she can’t really go out (…) This has enormous consequences on her life,” Queen Maxima said, moved, at the time.
Authorities did not release details, but the announcement came weeks after reports that Amalia and Prime Minister Mark Rutte were mentioned in communications by organized crime groups, sparking fears of attempted assassinations. kidnapping.
NOS reported that the threat to Amalia had not completely disappeared, but that she was able to live and study in the Netherlands again thanks to undisclosed “measures”.
She would now live in Amsterdam. On Wednesday, Amalia will play an official role for the first time during the Spanish royal family’s two-day state visit.
