A 33-year-old man is due to appear in court next week after being detained on suspicion of plotting an attack on two Dutch princesses, prosecutors confirmed on Friday.
According to a court scheduling order published by The Hague Public Prosecutor's Office, the man is suspected of preparing an attack on Princess Amalia, the 22-year-old heir to the throne, and her 20-year-old sister, Princess Alexia, in The Hague in February.
The order stated that the suspect allegedly possessed two axes with the words 'Alexia', 'Mossad', and 'Sieg Heil' carved into them, along with a handwritten note bearing the words 'Amalia', 'Alexia', and 'Bloodbath'.
A spokesman for the prosecutor's office declined to provide further details ahead of Monday's procedural hearing. It remains unclear when or where the man was arrested, and his name has not been released in accordance with Dutch privacy regulations.
Princess Amalia has faced threats previously. In 2022, she was forced to abandon her student life in Amsterdam and move back to her parents' palace due to threats believed to originate from the criminal underworld. Queen Maxima remarked at the time that Amalia 'can’t leave home', describing the impact on her life as 'enormous'.
