Amalia de Orange, 20 years old, is preparing to fulfill her constitutional obligations and will begin to use the allocation of 1.5 million euros per year for expenses that corresponds to her by law since she came of age. The crown princess of the Netherlands has not used that sum so far because she only wanted to do so if she incurred a large outlay to prepare herself as successor to her father, King William. She now plans to have that money starting in January 2025, to face the costs associated with fulfilling her “mission independently and autonomously”, and has communicated this by letter to the acting Dutch prime minister, the liberal Mark Rutte.
The princess explains in the letter, which was released this Tuesday, April 7, that she hopes to have “a secretariat and reserves to have a place to live and work.” Of course, she will continue without touching an additional item of income, of about 322,000 euros per year at the moment, until she finishes her studies in Politics, Economics, Law and Psychology that she is studying at the University of Amsterdam. In a statement to the RTL television network, Prime Minister Rutte said that he understands that his heir “wants to approach things independently, as her grandmother did in the past.” [la reina Beatriz, que abdicó en enero de 2013 y es hoy princesa] and his father, the current sovereign.”
Amalia de Orange can use some of the royal residences as her home and office, “but she wants to do it on her own, so most of the money will be a reserve for when she practices full time,” according to Rutte. The 1.5 million will also serve to cover the representation expenses derived from her position as she increases her presence in public, something that little by little has already begun to happen. In the coming months she will finish her second year of college and still has another course left. In her letter, she asks the Prime Minister to understand her “considerations and decision” on the allocation. Rutte responds in another writing that she does so and wishes her success in her studies.
The daughter of King William and Maxima of the Netherlands was entitled to the stipend from the age of 18, but in 2021 she already wrote to the prime minister saying that she would not use the income (then it was 296,000 euros) because she felt “uncomfortable” while she had “so much money.” little to offer in return.” At that time, she also mentioned the uncertainty of the pandemic. “There are other students who are having a hard time,” she explained about the reasons why she did not want to use that money. Three years ago, her private personnel and expenses section amounted to 1,338,000 euros. As has happened this time, the princess’s resolution was communicated to Congress, which had been critical in 2021 of the large sum that she had to receive at her age.
In a passage of the new letter sent to the prime minister, Amalia says that she has made her decision in view of “the passage of time and after surprising circumstances.” The Dutch heiress – and also Prime Minister Rutte – has been the target of organized crime during the early part of her university career. Her situation prevented her from residing in an apartment in Amsterdam with other students, plans thwarted by threats from the mafia that led her to have to remain in her palatial family residence in The Hague to guarantee her safety. In 2023 she continued her studies in Madrid, where she had greater freedom of movement. On April 17, King William thanked Felipe VI and Queen Letizia for hosting his daughter in Spain, during the gala dinner organized in her honor on the occasion of the state visit of the Spanish monarchs to the Netherlands. . It was the first event of this kind that Amalia attended as an heir.
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