Dutch Palace Gives Update on Princess Catharina-Amalia's Surgery After Future Queen's Horseback Riding Incident
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands will remain hospitalized for monitoring after undergoing surgery after falling off her horse, the Dutch royal palace said in an update
The future queen broke her arm in the accident
The hospitalization resulted in a few changes in the Dutch royal family's schedule
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands is continuing her hospital stay after a horseback riding accident and undergoing surgery for a broken arm.
The Dutch palace issued an update about the future queen on Wednesday, June 11, stating that the 21-year-old daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima underwent surgery the previous day for a "fracture in her upper arm."
"The surgery went well," the palace said in the statement. "She will remain in the UMC Utrecht for monitoring until tomorrow."
The Princess of Orange's injury also caused a few changes in the royal schedule, according to the new update. A summer photo session that was set for June 12 at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch was postponed until June 30 due to Princess Catharina-Amalia's hospitalization.
In addition, Queen Maxima will miss her scheduled appearance at the CGAP congress in Amsterdam on June 11. King Willem-Alexander will carry on his outing at the opening of the Holland Festival, but he will appear without his wife.
On June 10, the palace revealed that the heir to the Dutch throne had fallen from her horse, resulting in a broken arm that required surgery. Princess Amalia's equestrian hobby is a longtime passion, with the palace's official website featuring photos of her riding her horse, Mojito.
The U.K.'s Princess Anne was also involved in a horse-related injury just last year. In June 2024, King Charles' sister, 74, was hospitalized with a concussion believed to be caused by an impact with a horse at her home on the Gatcombe Park estate.
One month later, Princess Anne — who competed in equestrian events at the Olympics in 1976 — said she could not remember "a single thing" about the incident.
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Recalling the incident during a visit to South Africa in January, the Princess Royal said that the experience taught her that "every day is a bonus," according to the BBC.
'It just reminds you, shows you — you never quite know, something [happens] and you might not recover,' she said. 'You're jolly lucky...if you can continue to be more or less compos mentis [of sound mind], and last summer I was very close to not being. Take each day as it comes, they say."
Princess Anne is expected to join her family at Trooping the Colour on Saturday, June 14,and is expected to ride on horseback alongside Prince William and Prince Edward.
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