- Princess Catharina-Amalia has moved away from college in Amsterdam due to security threats.
- The Dutch princess is still attending university from her home in The Hague, the BBC reports.
Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands' first experience of college life has been cut short due to security threats, the BBC reports.
The 18-year-old heir to the Dutch throne was all smiles in official photographs that showed her arriving at the University of Amsterdam for her first day of term on September 5.
As the BBC reported, Catharina-Amalia moved into shared student accommodation at the time, however, she has since left Amsterdam and returned home to The Hague.
The move came after Catharina-Amalia was flagged as a target of a potential attack and kidnapping attempt in an investigation into organized crime communications, according to the BBC, which reports that Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was also named as a possible target.
Catharina-Amalia's parents, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, spoke about the potential threat to their daughter in a press conference in Sweden on Thursday during a three-day state visit.
"There is no student life for her like others have," Maxima told reporters, according to the BBC. She also clarified that Catharina-Amalia will still be attending university — where she is working towards a degree in politics, psychology, law, and economics — despite no longer living in student accommodation, the BBC reported.
Later, Willem-Alexander called it a "heavy situation," according to the BBC.
Representatives for the royal house of the Netherlands declined Insider's request for comment on the matter.
Catharina-Amalia, whose title is the Princess of Orange, took on several royal duties when she turned 18 – including becoming a member of the Dutch Council of State and its Advisory Division. The Dutch royal house website also states that, as the heir to the throne, the princess participates in the State Opening of Parliament and royal receptions, in preparation for her future as the country's head of state.
But, as Insider previously reported, the princess — who is first in line to inherit the throne from her father — is in no rush to become queen.
After "Amalia," a biography written by author Claudia de Breij, was published in 2021, a representative for the royal house told Insider the princess "has 'embraced' the fact of being the future Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, though hopefully she will fulfil the role as head of state a little 'later' (to first complete her studies.)"