NOS News•today, 4:28 PM•Amended today, 5:33 PM
Princess Amalia still wants to claim her allowance and will stop returning most of that benefit. She needs money for “foreseeable costs associated with an independent and autonomous performance of her position”, as outgoing Prime Minister Rutte has just announced in a letter to the House of Representatives. That letter includes a letter from Amalia with an explanation.
This includes “a secretariat and reservations for living and working accommodation”. The eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima is seriously threatened, it was announced in 2022.
In picture
The allowance will not be used for her security, Rutte emphasized in an interview. “Her studies are progressing and you see her coming into the picture more,” said Rutte. “She’s more visible.” He points out, among other things, Amalia’s recent presence at the incoming state visit of the Spanish royal family.
She will receive 1.5 million euros per year as of January 1. She continues to pay back the other part of her allowance, 300,000 euros. In the letter, the princess writes that she must take additional expenses into account “after surprising circumstances”.
Expenditure
In 2021, in the run-up to her 18th birthday, the princess announced that she would waive her allowance of around 1.8 million euros per year. Of this, 300,000 euros was income and 1.5 million euros was for personnel and material expenses. She was the first member of the Royal House to waive a legally valid allowance.
The princess (20) felt that she did not need her money from the state, “as long as she does not incur high costs in her position as Princess of Orange”. Since she turned 18, she has been paying back her allowance.
In this video, Rutte responds to Amalia’s request:
Rutte: ‘I understand that Amalia now wants to appeal to that’
At home
In October 2022 it became clear that Amalia was facing serious threats. As a result, she was forced to live at home and could not go out on the street.
Princess Amalia lived and studied in Madrid for more than a year because of her security situation. She now lives in Amsterdam. Amalia also indicated in previous conversations that she was having a very difficult time due to the situation and missed normal life. She had more freedom of movement in the Spanish capital.
