The 20-year-old lived and studied in Madrid for more than a year. She will make her official debut during a state visit to the Netherlands on Wednesday.
Amalia was forced to abandon her plans to live in a student residence in the Dutch capital due to her security fears, just weeks after starting to study politics, psychology, law, and economics at the University of Amsterdam. The heir to the Dutch throne was photographed beaming as she began her studies at the university in October. She had indicated that she was considering living in student accommodation. But the royal couple said about a month later that their daughter had been forced to return to living in the palace in The Hague, with significantly increased security measures. "She can't live in Amsterdam and she can't really go out (...) This has enormous consequences on her life," Queen Maxima declared at the time, moved.