Princess Amalia of the Netherlands, the Princess of Orange, has said she hopes to reveal her university plans in the coming months.
The 18-year-old heir to the Dutch throne revealed her timetable during King’s Day to celebrate her father’s birthday on 27 April.
The Princess of Orange said she hoped to reveal her study plans in the “coming months.”
She is not yet sure where she will study and told Dutch media, “Well, we don’t know yet; it’s still a bit exciting. I hope to be able to say something in the coming months and make a choice.”
She added that Maastricht, the host city for this year’s King’s Day, is “a beautiful city.”
Princess Amalia graduated from high school in June 2021 from Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague. She has since been on a gap year where she has focused on volunteer work.
She enjoyed working with organisations like the Oranje Fonds because they are “things that really helped me to move forward, creative and educational things.”
Throughout her childhood and that of her younger sisters, her parents have kept her out of the limelight as much as possible. Now that she has come of age, she has taken her seat Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands and will slowly start undertaking royal duties.
The Princess said she is grateful for her gap year because it is allowing to have privacy. She is aware she will be in the spotlight for many years to come, and on that, she said: “I’ll just have to get used to it.”
It is not known if Amalia will follow in the footsteps of her Belgian counterpart, Princess Elisabeth, and undertake a military education before university or go straight to university. She could follow in her father’s footsteps and attend Leiden University in Leiden, Netherlands.
