Princess Amalia breaks with family tradition – this is how she wants to live in the future

Princess Amalia has announced her career plans. She does not follow in the footsteps of her father and grandmother.

Dutch Princess Amalia (18) will study in Amsterdam from September. She will complete the interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree in politics, psychology, law and economics, as the court announced on Monday in The Hague.

Princess Amalia is not following in her father’s footsteps
With this, Amalia breaks with a family tradition: Both her father, King Willem-Alexander (55), and her grandmother Beatrix (84) studied in Leiden in the Netherlands. Amalia wants to share a flat with other students, the court said.

Princess Amalia took a break

The king’s eldest daughter graduated from high school in The Hague last year and then took a year-long sabbatical. Before being admitted to the course at the University of Amsterdam, the princess had gone through a selection process, according to the court.