Princess Amalia.Photo: RVD - Martijn Beekman
What happens when a real-life princess plays dress-up?
The Netherlands’Princess Catharina-Amaliahas yet to wear a tiara in public, but her new authorized biography reveals that the future queen has been trying on her mom’s headpieces since she was a little girl. However, she’s in no rush to be the head that wears the crown!
The biography about the eldest daughter and heir of Dutch King Willem-Alexander was released in the Netherlands on Tuesday and contains never-before-seen photos and insights from the princess, who will celebrate her 18th birthday on December 7.
She told biographer Claudia de Breij that shedoesn’t feel ready to be queenand would ask her mother to step in should her father, 54, unexpectedly pass in the near future.
“I said to my father, ‘You just keep on eating healthy and exercising a lot,’ " the royal said.
King Willem-Alexander and Princess Catharina-Amalia.Patrick van Katwijk/WireImage
“I love tiaras,” Princess Amaliasaid in the biography, simply titledAmalia. “Show me a tiara, and I’ll know where it came from. I can recognize all the tiaras of Europe. I used to put them on from my mother. Then there would be one on her make-up table and I would have it directly on my head.”
She continued, “I really liked to be in my mother’s jewelry anyway. When I was very little. She was preparing for an important dinner and she shouted around the house, ‘Amalia, where’s that ring?’ "
Queen Maxima.Patrick van Katwijk/Getty
It is a tradition for heirs to the Dutch throne to have books published about them for their 18th birthday. Similar biographies were released for Amalia’s father, King Willem-Alexander, and her grandmother, former monarch Princess Beatrix.
Earlier this year, Princess Amalia sent a handwritten letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte informing him of her decision toturn down her nearly $2 million allowanceuntil she takes up royal duties.
Claudia de Breij with her book Amalia.Patrick van Katwijk/Getty
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Amalia added that she intended to take a gap year before starting her undergraduate studies. She said she would repay the nearly $400,000 she was entitled to during her time as a student and would not claim $1.6 million in expenses “until I incur high costs in my role as Princess of Orange.”
Princess Amalia passed her final exams at the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague in June, graduating cum laude.
source: people.com
