Princess Alexia

Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, is the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima.

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Princess Alexia, May 2023.

Princess Alexia is second in line of succession to the throne.

Princess Alexia was baptised on 19 November 2005 by Reverend Deodaat van der Boon in the Dorpskerk in Wassenaar. Her godparents are Prince Friso, Juan Zorreguieta, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Jonkheer Frans Ferdinand de Beaufort and Jonkvrouw Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice.

Education

Princess Alexia attended Bloemcamp primary school in Wassenaar from 2009 to 2017. The Princess completed four years of secondary school at the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague. In the summer of 2021 she continued her studies at the United World College of the Atlantic (UWC Atlantic) in Llantwit Major in Wales, where she received her International Baccalaureate in the summer of 2023. In 2024, after a gap year, the Princess began her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University College London (UCL).

Hobbies

Hockey, horse riding, singing and playing the piano.