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On St Nicholas's Day?
A discussion started about an initiative of the 'Dutch design action'. They started a competition between gold- and silversmiths to create a jewel of 45.000 euros. Princess Catharina-Amalia would serve as a source of 'inspiration' for the design and the winning jewel would be offered to her.
This was revealed earlier this week in RTL boulevard. Lots of angry messages followed on witter: the money could better be used for children in need than for the princess. Angry people started an action to raise 45.000 euros for children in need.
The RVD tweeted that it was not in any way participating or even notified about the action and that the royal house was not involved at all.
The association that organised this initiative claims that the media made their own story and that it never intended the jewel to be handed over to the princess. The jewels will be handed back to the makers after the competition ends.
Marc van der Linden (Weekend/Royalty magazine) claims that the association did want to hand over the jewel and claims that they old him so in emails.
Koninklijk Huis: niets te maken met inzamelingsactie ring Amalia - nrc.nl
Amalia is inspiratiebron voor goudsmeden - Vorsten
I wonder about the teeth of Princess Catharina-Amalia: her sister Princess Alexia has a retainer, so to see. But Amalia herself has irregular teeth and could use braces as well, so is my impression... ?
Last Wednesday, the King could not say anything about the school of his daughter, but tonight it was announced that the Princess of Orange after the summer holidays at the Christian school Sorghvliet Hague goes.
Princess of Orange goes to school Sorghvliet
So basically Amalia will hardly interact with various types of people in her age group.
The Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst has issued the following communiqué:
Her Royal Highness The Princess of Orange will enroll into to the Christian Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague.
The Princess is now in group 8 of the public Bloemcampschool in Wassenaar.
The period of the Princess' school is private. At the express request of the parents an appeal is made on the media to continue to respect the privacy of their daughter.
RVD, no. 58 / 20 March 2015
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Isn't that inevitable and doesn't that simply count for all those thousands and thousands of students at the Barlaeus Gymnasium (Amsterdam), the Vossius Gymnasium (Amsterdam), the Gymnasium Haganum (The Hague), the Gymnasium Erasmanianum (Rotterdam), the Praedinus Gymnasium (Groningen), etc. etc. ? Most of them will be from "plooirokken en parelkettingen"-milieus, with field hockey, rowing, horseriding and cricket as most popular sports... That is inherent to independent gymnasia and yes, the background of the parents still are a major encouragement and trigger for children "to make optimal use of all possibilities of life".
Anyway, for a future Queen of the Netherlands, this secondary education with focus on "a classic building" is an excellent choice. Congratulations to the young Princess.
I assume "Christian Gymnasium" means a Protestant school, right ? It looks like, despite her mother's Catholic background, King Willem-Alexander is determined to ensure that Amalia is raised as a devout Calvinist in accordance with the Orange-Nassau tradition.
Amalia of course is not the only royal heir to attend a denominational school. Elisabeth of Belgium for example goes to a Catholic school. Personally, I would rather see both receive a 100 % secular education, but their parents have the right to choose a religious upbringing for their kids if they want to.
I assume "Christian Gymnasium" means a Protestant school, right ? It looks like, despite her mother's Catholic background, King Willem-Alexander is determined to ensure that Amalia is raised as a devout Calvinist in accordance with the Orange-Nassau tradition.
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Thank you for sharing the information regarding Amalia's next school. So will she be here until she's 17 or 18?
Amalia of course is not the only royal heir to attend a denominational school. Elisabeth of Belgium for example goes to a Catholic school. Personally, I would rather see both receive a 100 % secular education, but their parents have the right to choose a religious upbringing for their kids if they want to.
Amalia It was not just the day that it was announced that she goes to school Sorghvliet, she also had a special outing in The Hague.
Princess of Orange visits the Courtyard