Royal makes first appearance since horror horse injury

Princess Catharina-Amalia returned to royal engagements this week (Image: REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

A royal has made her first appearance again this week since suffering a horror injury earlier this month. Princess Catharina-Amalia, first-in-line to the Dutch throne, stepped out on Wednesday with her arm in a sling, alongside her father King Willem-Alexander, 58, to attend the presentation of a new standard to the Princess Catharina-Amalia Hussar Regiment at the Prince Bernhard Barracks in Amersfoort.

The royal outing, which saw her father inspect the troops and deliver a speech, comes just eight days after the princess had surgery on her broken upper arm at the UMC Utrecht. The injury came about after Catharina-Amalia, 21, fell off her horse earlier this month.

The princess, who wore a red floral midi dress by Natan Couture on Wednesday, underwent a successful surgery on her arm, which is the first serious horse-riding incident she has ever had.

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At the royal engagement on Wednesday, she told the press that she will not be able to get back on her horse “anytime soon”.

At Wednesday’s event, the princess and her father spent time speaking with some of the soldiers before posing for a group photograph with the regiment.

While the princess does take part in engagements such as these, she is still a university student.

Despite being destined to be Queen, Catharina-Amalia is currently studying for a degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics at the University of Amsterdam.

King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and the princess stepped out together on Wednesday (Image: Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

It is believed the princess was living in student housing when she first started at university in 2022, however was forced to move back home with her parents in The Hague after safety threats.

Her mother, Queen Maxima, said in a candid interview with Dutch news outlet AD, via Hello!, at the time of the threats: “No student life for her, like other students have. I'm very proud of her and how she keeps it all going.

“It makes me a bit emotional. It's not nice to see your child live like that. She can go to university, but that's it."

It is believed these safety threats and fears have since been lowered over the last few years.