The 18th Birthday of Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange - 2021

[Blog Real]

Princess Catharina-Amalia spoke in her autobiographical book "Amalia" about her thoughts on marriage and what she wants for her life in that regard.
The following excerpt is translated from hola.com.

In the show, no one doubts that he wants to get married and have couples and he has thought of the permission required to enter into marriage: “If you are the man who supports me, who loves me, with who I want to spend my life, and the Parliament in the right place, good, then I would see that I can do it”.

He likes that los chicos tengan buenos modales; he thinks that the Germans, in general, are more than the Dutch, and he says that “a relationship does not exist because it is secret, but it must be private”. It is very romantic, but it keeps the press as crippled as possible, because “a love life is quite complicated”.

In his account he currently has a novio, but he reveals that, when a boy wanted to go out with her, in the secondary school, he liked the idea of liking him so much to someone who said he was. But this relationship only lasted three months and ended abruptly.

You know what kind of dress you want to wear on your wedding day, when you show the author of your biography the carriages kept in the royal stables, sign a fair account: the 'Crème Calèche': “I want this when I get married”.

Last month of October, the prime minister in office, Mark Rutte, ensured that Amalia could reign even if she married a woman and a princess, despite the fact that “I don't believe it was a big problem for my family”. Speaking more on the subject, she Amalia said that if the marriages of the same sex would lead to the royal houses, then we would tend “to more women who can wear a tiara”.

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_ho...afia-18-anyos/

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by Mbruno

Yes, but, on the other hand, the image of a little girl playing with a priceless ruby and diamond tiara, which should be better secured anyway, or whose hobby is to "know all tiaras in Europe" may sound shallow and out of touch to some people, especially in current times.

To use an old American expression, she is having a "Richie Rich moment" or, to use a royal reference, sounds a bit Marie Antoinette. Not so good when her family is already criticized for spending too much, or being too flamboyant.

I have not heard or seen one such reaction in Dutch (social) media. I think the difference is she is not a nouveau riche displaying her "crib" on social media. This was just a click of a young royal lady in her mother's dressing room and not at all meant for (social) media.

Almost a decade later Amalia shared this youth picture in her biography and it did match with the "discussion" she had with author Claudia de Breij about decorum, courteoisie and jewels.

[Alisa]

She is only 18. She has not had a serious relationship yet. It will be interesting to compare her views 10 years from now.

[Moran]

What little girl hasn't played with her mother's jewels? I see nothing extraordinary here. I sure did play... and since my mother wasn't Queen, I wasn't criticized.

My mom didn't escape it when people learned that my favourite teddy bear had two first names. In Orthodox Christianity, we only have one. But Teddy has two because I liked both and my mom said it was OK. Much later, I realized people thought it was her doing and she was showing off by being "fancy" in a Western fashion since she was one of the few to actually speak English here. Communism didn't exactly promote it.

Can you imagine this? Over a teddy bear! People will always find something to criticize when they want to. Personally, I like that for all their "level-headedness" and "we're practical, we're like you!" the Dutch royals don't shy away from showing off their jewels. We all know they have them. We all know royals aren't just "just like us". And it looks more sincere to show it sometimes. If we aren't going to wear such gems, we can at least watch and what better glimpse than a little girl playing with her mom's jewels? Like us but not quite.

[kalnel]

Reading the excerpts, I got the impression of a very bright, grounded young woman with a sense of duty and a sense of humor. She also seems to understand that, despite the public attention, she's not a celebrity. Good for her!

[lucien]

Originally Posted by kalnel

Reading the excerpts, I got the impression of a very bright, grounded young woman with a sense of duty and a sense of humor. She also seems to understand that, despite the public attention, she's not a celebrity. Good for her!

Indeed,and halleluja for that!!A down to earth young woman who knows what her future holds.A sense of duty,decorum if need be,humour and a love for tiara´s for those here that revel in serious baubles...A promising Queen to be...and a loveble person.

[Duc_et_Pair]

A funny coincidence:

Wednesday the Princess of Orange will be given entrance into the Raad van State: the highest advisory council for the Government (any Bill needs to be reviewed by the Raad van State) and the highest Court of Administration as well. This so-called High College of State is formally led by the King (president of the Council) but in daily practice by Mr Thom de Graaf, the vice-president.

As a party leader of D66 (progressive liberals) between 1999 and 2003 he pursued a purely ceremonial kingship "to protect the monarchy". That means: the Queen is no longer an integral member of the Government, the Queen is no longer president of the Raad van State, the Queen no longer has a role in the formation of a new Cabinet, the Queen no longer assents and promulgates Acts and Decrees, etc.

Only the role of the Queen (now King) during the formation of a new Cabinet indeed has been ended. That was the only role which was by historic tradition and not a royal prerogative vested in Law. The other royal prerogatives require a re-write of the Constitution and that is a difficult procedure.

In the meantime the formation of a new Cabinet goes incredibly slow. The four parties which worked together in the Cabinet Rutte III actually have enlarged their majority but the composition of the parties has changed (the one party has scored an all-time low, the other party has won a lot, that sort) and this still has not settled.

The formation of a new Cabinet Rutte IV is in hands of the Second Chamber (the Lower House) but as they disagree in everything, there is no "arbiter" whom owns the process. More and more is felt that an independent figure above the parties is missing. Some fractions long back to a role for the King.

This Spring a large majority of the Second Chamber passed a Motion in which was called for "an independent person, on a distance of daily politics, overseeing the formation and with a special attention to the King". By accident the fraction of D66 supported the Motion. The spokesman for D66 hurried to the interpellation microphone: "Madam Speaker, our mistake: our fraction does not support this Motion!"

So that the vice-president, Mr Thom de Graaf, has now to welcome the Princess of Orange into the Raad van State, most likely will make the current president (WA) and the future president (CA) smile...

Picture: the President and the Vice-President of the Raad van State

[Marengo]

A set of new photos on the occassion of the princess' 18t birthday. No tiara photo sadly.

https://t.co/gtrUcRgnW5

[Tilia C.]

I didn't really expect a tiara portrait for her 18th birthday, but it still would have been a nice surprise. Anyways, these portraits are very nice and show a confident and lovely young lady.

Do you think that Princess Amalia will now start attending the annual diplomatic receptions? Or will that have to wait till she finishes her studies? I fear that it will be the latter.

[Muhler]

ADDED. There appeared to be something wrong with the links to the individual pics, but this link works.

This photo is hands down the best of her - and the best of her for a long time:
https://app.box.com/s/n0dvfsco3pcmdwtp0aynr6iuh0pz1v4q

Only goes to show what a good photographer can do.

And that's what I call HQ quality! I can literally count the hairs on her nose!

[sophie25]

Originally Posted by Tilia C.

I didn't really expect a tiara portrait for her 18th birthday, but it still would have been a nice surprise. Anyways, these portraits are very nice and show a confident and lovely young lady.

Do you think that Princess Amalia will now start attending the annual diplomatic receptions? Or will that have to wait till she finishes her studies? I fear that it will be the latter.

I thought there might have been a tiara one so I feel a bit disappointed.

[SLV]

Wonderful pictures .

[Alisa]

I'm not a fan of the photos.

Amalia looks beautiful and elegant in everything. The problem is not the subject but the photographer.
Why are the photos dark and only in one location? Amalia is the future- the photos should be bright and illicit hope and optimism.
The dark and somber photos do just the opposite.

[SLV]

The pictures, and the Princess, are beautiful. But I find it sad that they are so dark and somber.

[lucien]

I hear chuchbells ringing on occasion of her birthday!
There had been a request to ring all churchbells from 09.00AM til 09.10AM.

Originally Posted by Marengo

A set of new photos on the occassion of the princess' 18t birthday. No tiara photo sadly.

https://t.co/gtrUcRgnW5

Love her pics!!

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by Alisa

I'm not a fan of the photos.

Amalia looks beautiful and elegant in everything. The problem is not the subject but the photographer.
Why are the photos dark and only in one location? Amalia is the future- the photos should be bright and illicit hope and optimism.
The dark and somber photos do just the opposite.

The pictures were taken in Huis ten Bosch, to be precize in the Oranjesael, which was built by Amalia of Nassau, Princess of Orange born Reichsgräfin von Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675).

As monarchy is all about symbolism, I am sure this choice was deliberately made, to connect today's Amalia with that other Amalia 4 centuries earlier.

Not only is the venue beautiful, it is a dark 17th C space and probably the photographer wanted to capture the typical 17th C clair obscur of a December day?


Oranjesael - North wall : https://www.koninklijkeverzamelingen.../noordwand.jpg

[Skippy]

I like the photos. I see both Princess Beatrix and Queen Wilhelmina in her.


It does not surprise me that there is no tiara picture. She won't be doing anything official soon (save for her entry into the Raad van State tomorrow) and there was not one of Princess Elisabeth either and they are in the same position. And both will not use their dotation for quite some time.

[LadyFinn]

The Embassy of Sweden in NL congratulates
https://twitter.com/ZwedeninNL/statu...51559351676931

[Moran]

The photos are beautiful and she's so lovely.

I do hope for another set, brighter, soon. I can't imagine anything bright in this location, so perhaps another?

[iceflower]

The birthday girl and her mother were photograped arriving at Huis ten Bosch today:


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