Life
Princess Catharina-Amalia was born at 17:01 CET in the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. After her birth was made public, 101 salute shots were fired at four places in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On 12 June 2004, she was baptised by Reverend Carel ter Linden in the Grote, or St. Jacob's, Church in The Hague. Her godparents are her paternal uncle, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Marc ter Haar (a friend of her father's), Herman-Diederik Tjeenk Willink (Vice-president of the Council of State), Samantha van Welderen, Baroness Rengers-Deane (a friend of her mother's), and her maternal uncle, Martín Zorreguieta.
She lives with her parents and her younger sisters, Alexia and Ariane, at Villa Eikenhorst on the Royal estate, De Horsten, in Wassenaar, and attends the local school, Bloemcampschool.
On 19 June 2010, Princess Catharina-Amalia was a junior bridesmaid at the wedding of her godmother, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
| Styles of Princess Amalia of the Netherlands |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
All children of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima bear the style Royal Highness and titles Prince (Princess) of the Netherlands and Prince (Princess) of Orange-Nassau (Royal Decree 25 January 2002, nr. 41).
Following the tradition, Princess Catharina-Amalia is styled as "The Hereditary Princess of Orange" (In Dutch: De Erfprinses van Oranje); she will become the first Princess of Orange in her own right when her father accedes to the throne.
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