Princess Amalia (22) will often have to deal with madmen and lunatics who want to harm her, says royalty expert Jeroen Snel. “She also appears in our program every week.”
The 33-year-old man suspected of plotting an attack on the princesses Amalia and Alexia denies that he wanted to kill or threaten them, turned out yesterday during a first pro forma hearing. But: “After the man’s arrest, two axes were found in his hotel room. The words Alexia, Mossad and Sieg Heil were carved into them.”
Impact and stress
Bridget Maasland asks herself RTL Boulevard wonders to what extent such a matter concerns the royal family. “To what extent is this discussed within the royal family?”
Royalty expert Jeroen quickly responded: “Yes, I think so. It always has an impact. Last time, in 2022, when Amalia really had to move to Madrid where she lived for a year, Willem-Alexander said in Edwin Evers’ podcast that it simply had a huge impact and stress for the family.”
Mocro Mafia
Undoubtedly, this matter will be discussed extensively at the kitchen table of the Oranjes, according to Jeroen. “Although I do think there is a difference between people with a possible mental disorder, which is the case now, and last time when it may have been someone from the Mocro Mafia. I do think there is a difference.”
Colleague Luuk Ikink: “Is that something they have to get used to or are they already used to these kinds of situations?”
Jeroen: “I don’t think you ever get used to this, but this will happen more often, because the world has also changed.”
Screwed up
It could also happen in the future for political motives, according to Jeroen. “In England you had the IRA and in Spain the ETA. All attacks on the royals that could then be foiled. It is the new reality and you see every day with the king and queen that security has been enormously increased compared to five years ago.”
Luuk wonders: “Are they also more present in society? Do we see them more than twenty years ago?”
Amalia in BLVD
Yes, says Jeroen. “And that of course gives more people with a disorder the idea, because you see them every week… Even though Alexia and Amalia do not appear in public every week, but those images are there every week. On social media, on TV, in our program. Yes, unfortunately that fuels certain people to come up with ideas.”
Bridget concludes: “Yes, that also makes them closer.”
