Princess Amalia of the Netherlands starts school
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, 4, started her first day of school at Bloemcamp school in Wassenaar. She was sent off by parents, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, 40, and Crown Princess Maxima, 36, but sisters Alexia, 2, and Ariane, 8 months, were not present. Amalia is attending an ordinary prep school like her grandmother, Queen Beatrix, did.
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Thanks to CBB readers Christine, Mary Beth, Anne and Shirley.
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December 11th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
The mom looks like she is about ready to cry … sad to see her baby is growing up … it’s a cute photo!
December 11th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Starting school in December?
December 11th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Yeah in Holland children are allowed to go to school right after they turn four years old. So she turned 4 last friday and on monday she went to school..
December 11th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
The correct name of the school is “Bloemcamp(school)”.
The correct place is Wassenaar, not The Hague (close though)!
December 11th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
I think amalia is a Mini Mim of Genna Bush
December 11th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
She is such a doll!! Such a big day!
December 11th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
What a beautiful little girl! I like how CBB includes royals!
December 11th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
sooo adorable. I agree w/lola about including royals, btw.
December 11th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Wow, she looks just like a perfect little princess. What a sweetheart.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
SUCH a cute little girl! I cried when my son started school for the first time.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:23 am
I love this little girl, I think she’s so pretty !!!!!
December 12th, 2007 at 5:28 am
diyou know that Amalia wants to be a princess? Just like a Disney princess with a beautiful long dress and beautiful hair. Her parents told us when they gave a interview. When she went to school her bag was all over Disney princesses.
Also Amalia told her parents that, if you are going to school, than you are a big girl.
She is so cute and she has such lovely parents, who you can see love her so much!
December 12th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Only somebody who’s living in the netherlands knows that Wassenaar is not an ordinary place, only for rich people, so the conclusion is that she is not going to a normal school.
December 12th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Wikipedia describes Wassenaar as an affluent suburb and says that the Prince of Orange and Princess Maxima live there. So it sounds like they’re sending her to the free local school, as opposed to sending her to a private (pay) school or having her educated by tutors at home. I don’t think anyone expected them to seek out a poor inner-city school far from their home.
Amalia is adorable and always so poised and cheerful! She looks half like Maxima and half like Beatrix. She always seems so sunny and outgoing. What a good queen she’ll be many years from now.
December 12th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Sorry Lena, I lived in Wassenaar and it is absolutely not ‘only for rich people’. Just because it is a wealthy town does not mean only posh people live there. The same for the school they sent Amalia too: it is a normal, public school, where every child can attend and where the princess will be treated like any other child. Her parents are very down to earth people who clearly want to raise their three daughters that way too.