Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands began a new chapter when she attended her first university classes at the University of Amsterdam.
The young royal began her undergraduate studies with an interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics. She did not stop to talk to assembled reporters who were there to capture her first day of university but did say as she entered the school that she hoped for “a lot of study” and that she was excited for the start of university.
The Dutch heir arrived at school alone; her father is recuperating from a pneumonia diagnosis that forced him to pull out of an economic visit to the United States alongside his wife, Queen Máxima.
The Royal House of the Netherlands announced that Princess Amalia would live in Amsterdam with some of her classmates in student housing, and her university studies are considered private.
However, the RVD (Government Information Service responsible for information about the Royal House) announced earlier in the summer that she would not be joining the student society there due to controversy surrounding sexist and misogynistic comments by student leadership that were caught on camera and published in the media.
She is the first Dutch royal in the immediate line of succession not to study at Leiden University; her father and grandmother both studied there, as did her great-grandmother Princess Juliana.
This is just the beginning for Princess Amalia and a step up in her royal career. In addition to her studies, in February, she will undertake her first official overseas visit when she joins her parents on a trip to the Caribbean part of the Dutch kingdom.
The RVD previously announced that the upcoming Caribbean visit would not disrupt Princess Amalia’s studies and funding will not be sourced from the government. The future queen is entitled to an allowance now that she is an adult; however, she announced last year that she would not seek any funding until she carries out royal duties full time.
