Overview

• The Government Information Service told Dutch broadcaster Blauw Bloed that Ariane, 18, will take a year out and travel.
• She completed the International Baccalaureate at UWC Adriatic in May, where King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima attended her graduation.
• Her plan follows the example set by sisters Princess Catharina-Amalia and Princess Alexia, who each took a year off before university.
• Dutch authorities, working with the FBI, have pursued takedowns of sites that spread deepfake sexual videos targeting Catharina-Amalia, with no public arrests reported.
• Catharina-Amalia begins a Dutch law course at the University of Amsterdam this month, while Alexia continues civil engineering studies at University College London.