What is it like to grow up as crown prince? Dutch King Willem-Alexander admits he got nightmares when he thought about his future.
“I actually find it oppressive when you see what a good example she is,” Willem-Alexander once told how it felt to grow up as heir to the throne of a respected queen like Beatrix.
Willem-Alexander himself would eventually choose to fill his position differently. As king, Willem-Alexander chose to be less aloof than his mother. But as a result, some of the ‘grandeur’ of the royal family was lost.
Although Amalia does seem to be choosing her grandmother’s path rather than her father’s. Though it may take more than a decade before Princess Amalia inherits the throne from her father.
But more than ever realise what a great queen Beatrix was when she was on the throne.
