A 33-year-old man is set to appear in court next week following his detention on suspicion of orchestrating an attack on two Dutch princesses, prosecutors announced on Friday.
Details of the Alleged Plot
According to a court scheduling order published on the website of The Hague Public Prosecutor's Office, the suspect is accused of preparing an attack on Princess Amalia, the 22-year-old heir to the Dutch throne, and her 20-year-old sister, Princess Alexia. The alleged incident took place in February in The Hague.
The scheduling order states: "The suspect was allegedly in possession of two axes in early February with the words 'Alexia', 'Mossad', and 'Sieg Heil' carved into them, and he allegedly had a handwritten sheet with the words 'Amalia', 'Alexia', and 'Bloodbath.'"
Procedural Hearing Ahead
A spokesman for The Hague public prosecutor's office declined to provide further details about the case ahead of Monday's procedural hearing. It remains unclear where or when the man was arrested. The suspect's name has not been released, consistent with Dutch privacy regulations.
The Royal House has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Previous Threats Against Princess Amalia
Princess Amalia has faced threats before. In 2022, the heir to the Dutch throne was forced to abandon her student life in Amsterdam and reside at 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" and that the situation has had "enormous consequences for her life."
Amalia subsequently spent several months living in Madrid and later honored the Spanish capital and its citizens for their hospitality by inaugurating a tulip garden there. In 2020, a man was convicted of making threats against the then-16-year-old princess and one of her friends via Instagram.
