Dutch King Willem-Alexander chooses to give his daughters a fair amount of freedom. Although he does have one clear piece of advice for crown princess Amalia
Willem-Alexander has always advised Amalia to dare to make mistakes in life. “Know your own limits, go beyond them. Make mistakes, I did that too,” the Dutch king echoed. And Willem-Alexander has a clear reason for that
By making mistakes, you get to know yourself, so you don’t have to make those mistakes later in life. Although he does have a second tip for Amalia…
Preferably don’t make those mistakes in public. After all, as long as you make mistakes that happen out of the public eye, you can only learn from them. Willem-Alexander himself made a clear agreement on this with the security guards of his daughters, princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane.
Willem-Alexander has agreed with their security guards that they will not come and tell him what his daughters are up to. “Indeed, if they do tell them, I say: I don’t want to know, as long as they are safe,” King Willem-Alexander echoed in an interview with TV channel NOS.
