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According tio the RVD it is more a precaution then anything else, so not to problematic at the moment.
Well, Amalia was born in December and was baptized in June and Alexia was born in June and was baptized in November so I think Ariane's will be in about 4-5 months.Verde Esmeralda said:Any idea of when the christening of Ariane will take place?
RachelD said:Why so much time in between birth and christianing?
monica17 said:Does anyone know how the education of Amalia will proceed? As of now, being only 3, I think she attends a day care center. But is there any sort of tradition in terms of her education? I read that at the age of 18, she should be ready to assume some official duties (correct me if I'm wrong). And that the Dutch monarch wields considerable power compared to other monarchs in Europe. I also read that those born in the Dutch RF receive their university education in the Netherlands, is that a tradition or can they also study abroad?
Kelly said:Have they announced a baptism date yet? Or is it unnecessary to announce as she is only the third child?
Well, <if> we talk about bloodlines here, most of Amalia's father's ancestors are actually indeed German! From Queen Wilhelmina's mother Emma, to her husband Hendrik, to her son in law Bernhard, whose own son in law, Claus, was also German. Not that I mind it a bit, but the Dutch royals are more German than anything strictly speaking. (And the British, well, funny you mention them because the Windsor's ancestry couldn't be more German in fact! Thank goodness for Diana's true-blue Englishness there I suppose.)fee said:This is quite funny actually, why is everyone discussing Amalias "bloodline"?
(Though one can get a little kick out of the fact that the national anthem reads: Willem of Orange I am of german blood )
Anyway, no royal "bloodline" is 100% dutch or british or whatever, since the marriage policies in earlier times requested 100% royal blood, all royals are truely "european" but hardly as "national" as most of their subjects.
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