In a chilling development, a suspected far-right extremist allegedly plotted a Nazi-inspired attack against the future Queen of the Netherlands and her sister, both daughters of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima. This alarming plan was thwarted by authorities before it could be executed.
The suspect, a 33-year-old male, is due to face court proceedings next week. Reports from the Telegraph indicate that he was targeting Princess Catharina-Amalia, aged 22, who is the heir apparent to the Dutch throne, along with her 20-year-old sister, Princess Alexia.
Law enforcement officials apprehended the suspect in The Hague, discovering in his possession two axes inscribed with the names “Alexia” and “Mossad,” the latter referring to Israel’s national intelligence agency. The axes also bore the phrase “Sieg Heil,” a notorious chant linked to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.
Further evidence included a handwritten note with the words “Amalia,” “Alexia,” and “bloodbath,” suggesting the sinister intent behind the planned attack. However, due to the strict privacy laws in the Netherlands, the suspect’s identity remains undisclosed by the Hague Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Authorities also recovered a handwritten note that had the words “Amalia,” “Alexia,” and “bloodbath” scrawled across the sheet.
The Hague Public Prosecutor’s Office didn’t release any additional information, including the suspect’s name, because of Dutch privacy laws.
A motive behind the planned attack and the disturbing writings was not revealed.
The royal family, or the House of Orange-Nassau, is historically Protestant. The House of Orange-Nassau, better known as the Dutch Royal family are not Jewish.
A procedural hearing is scheduled for the suspect on Monday.
The revelations of the February arrest coincided with the royal family, including Amalia and Alexia, celebrating King’s Day with public appearances in the fortified city of Dokkum on April 27.
Amalia, the young heir apparent, has been the prime subject of several sinister plots, including a suspected conspiracy by gangs to kidnap her and then-Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
In 2022, authorities had intercepted communications between gang members that messaged the future queen and Rutte, who is serving as the Secretary-General of NATO.
Queen Maxima pulled Amalia out of student housing at college and brought her back to the security of the royal palace a month into her studies over concerns about her daughter’s safety.
The then-18-year-old was a month into studying politics and economics at the University of Amsterdam and was living with several other students.
Amalia returned to living with her parents because of the threats, rarely going out in public at the time.
“It has enormous consequences for her life,” Queen Maxima said at the time. “It means that she’s not living in Amsterdam and that she can’t really go outside.”
Moroccan crime syndicate, Marco Mafia, was believed to be behind the transmissions
A year before the alleged kidnapping plot was uncovered, Amalia had attempted to form a more normal life. She applied to schools and denied a $1.87 million annual allowance from the government, according to the New York Times.
“I find that uncomfortable as long as I am not doing a lot in return and other students have it much harder,” Amalia wrote to Rutte in 2021.
When Amalia was 16, she received messages from a man over Instagram threatening to kill her friend and rape her.
He was later convicted of the threats.
The 32-year-old, identified as Wouter G. had sent “violent, sexual and frightening nature,” including threats to rape the teenager, kill her friend and that he would find her on King’s Day where she had “no escape,” according to Royal Central blog.
He was sentenced to three months in jail and mandatory treatment after prosecutors had sought a 10-month jail sentence for the conviction.
With Post wires
