Princess Ariane, News and Events Part 1 (May 2023 - present)

[Somebody]

Welcome to Princess Ariane of The Netherlands News and Events, Part 1


7 December, 2021

The previous combined thread for the princesses and their elder sister can be found here


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[iceflower]

The Palace announced today, May 15, that Princess Ariane will continue her education at the United World College Adriatic in Italy after the summer break:

Her Royal Highness Princess Ariane of the Netherlands will continue her secondary education at the United World College Adriatic in Italy after the summer. She will go there for her International Baccalaureate. Princess Ariane is now in the fourth grade at the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague.

The period of the princesses' school time is private. At the express request of the parents, the media is called upon to continue to respect the privacy of their daughters.

** koninklijkhuis.nl: Prinses Ariane naar United World College Adriatic **

 

[SLV]

Apparently, the schoolsystem appeals to the princesses.
Good luck to princess Ariane.

 

[Somebody]

Not completely surprised but still... another choice that distances the royal family from their fellow country men. But at least a different UWC than the one in Wales.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

Not completely surprised but still... another choice that distances the royal family from their fellow country men. But at least a different UWC than the one in Wales.

I think it is desirable that there is a distance indeed to the Royal House. The Princesses outdoors and overseas effectively mean less stories "We have had Alexia in our kitchen, she just drank Heineken directly from the bottle and burped all the way, nothing princessely at all!"

 

[Marengo]

I would say a posh secundary school in The Hague is already distant enough for most people. We never heard any stories of Amalia in The Hague while we did get to see one or two things of Alexia in Wales. I can't blame Ariane for picking sunny Trieste on the Adriatic Sea over rainy Wales .

 

[Tatiana Maria]

Does the princess speak Italian?

 

[lula]

I would say a posh secundary school in The Hague is already distant enough for most people. We never heard any stories of Amalia in The Hague while we did get to see one or two things of Alexia in Wales. I can't blame Ariane for picking sunny Trieste on the Adriatic Sea over rainy Wales .

Probably because Amalia and Alexia have a different attitude, and Alexia doesn't mind appearing on social networks with certain attitudes (and in these two years she has appeared in more images than those that appeared in the press). Leonor was also in Wales, but they were asked not to upload photos of her on social networks and they have complied, for being teenagers they have been very respectful.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

I would say a posh secundary school in The Hague is already distant enough for most people. We never heard any stories of Amalia in The Hague while we did get to see one or two things of Alexia in Wales. I can't blame Ariane for picking sunny Trieste on the Adriatic Sea over rainy Wales .

Ariane's cousine Eloise did her secondary education at the posh Van Maerlant Lyceum, and seeing her career as a wanna-be Pamela Anderson, and a silly gravinfluencer, hmmmm, maybe the United Colleges are somewhat more Tüchtig for young adolescents than the no holds barred Dutch schools.

I think it is good that Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane are on a distance. Princess Catharina-Amalia is also at a distance, due to circumstances. I think she now wishes to have chosen Madrid or Buenos Aires instead of Amsterdam. Swapping to another school would be seen as "capitulation" to threats but I feel the Dutch will understand the choice.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

Does the princess speak Italian?

Her father and his two (now one) uncles are the joint owners of Rocco dei Dragoni in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (close to Florence in Tuscany). This was the princesses' regular summer desination until their parents bought the villa in Greece.

It seems the princesses traditionally go to Italy to spend the Easter holidays with grandma Princess Beatrix. We may assume they speak Italian, which is not too difficult if they already speak Spanish.

 

[Katymcwaity]

I can't blame Ariane for picking sunny Trieste on the Adriatic Sea over rainy Wales .

Lol that was the first thing I thought too.

I didn’t realise there were so many and one in Maastricht too.
Clearly Alexia has had a positive time and whetted Ariane’s appetite.

 

[Somebody]

More information on UWC Adriatic. Unlike some other UWC's, this one doesn't have a campus but is located in different buildings in the village of Duino (1/2 h north of Trieste and only a few km from the Slovenian border). This college puts special emphasis on music, so, that might also be something that attracted Ariane.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

More information on UWC Adriatic. Unlike some other UWC's, this one doesn't have a campus but is located in different buildings in the village of Duino (1/2 h north of Trieste and only a few km from the Slovenian border). This college puts special emphasis on music, so, that might also be something that attracted Ariane.

Her aunt Princess Christina was a musician and the Duchess of Kent is a musician too. But it is hard for me to see a career in music for Princess Ariane, other than become a Lady Patroness for the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra or a Lady Patroness of the Princess Christina Concours. Maybe it is more about Ariane's personal growth than directed to a future career in music.

 

[ronald biver]

The Dutch royal family do speaking Italian

Does the princess speak Italian?

Since the late queen Juliana & prince Bernhard years, they both have bought the Italian villa "L'Elefante Felice" in Porto Ercole (Italy) at the Adriatic coast, With the reign of queen Beatrix it was then sold and queen Beatrix bought a villa in Tavernelle{Italy).

 

[Marengo]

The house in Porto Ercole was sold in 2011 to the Belgian billionaire Alexandre van Damme (InBev). He had it demolished as restoration was too expensive. The RF bought the land from the Borghese family. Q. Juliana was supposedly often received by the Italian aristocracy of the area. I don't know if these friendships continued in other generations. I believe Princess Chistina's daughter Juliana has settled in Tuscany.

It is unlikely that Ariane already speaks Italian. Any vacation there must have been short - and for some years the family prefers Greece. Dutch schools don't have the Italian language as one of the subjects. English, German, French and sometimes Sapnish are more frequent. If she knows the language it must have been a private wish to study it.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

The house in Porto Ercole was sold in 2011 to the Belgian billionaire Alexandre van Damme (InBev). He had it demolished as restoration was too expensive. The RF bought the land from the Borghese family. Q. Juliana was supposedly often received by the Italian aristocracy of the area. I don't know if these friendships continued in other generations. I believe Princess Chistina's daughter Juliana has settled in Tuscany.

It is unlikely that Ariane already speaks Italian. Any vacation there must have been short - and for some years the family prefers Greece. Dutch schools don't have the Italian language as one of the subjects. English, German, French and sometimes Sapnish are more frequent. If she knows the language it must have been a private wish to study it.

Recently I heard that the grandchildren of Princess Beatrix have the tradition to spent Easter with her, at Rocci Dei Dragoni in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa.

I agree it is unlikely that Princess Ariane would speak fluently Italian because of this. But as she is able in Spanish and she is joung, it must not be too difficult to learn Italian from a handsome cavaliere named Guiseppe, Alessandro, Gabriele falling in love with a charming principessa dei Paesi Bassi...

 

[Prinsara]

Since Ariane is a native Spanish speaker (and multilingual besides), it shouldn't be too difficult for her to pick up whatever Italian she wants or needs — but the program, like just about all UWC schools, is in English. https://www.uwcad.it/uwc-adriatic-college-profile

 

[Marengo]

The RF has shared a photo of Ariane on her first day of school:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1695043902187745404

 

[Adda]

Ariane resembles Princess Beatrix quite a lot.

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Academic year starts earlier than here in Ireland, which is normally runs from the second Monday in September to the second Friday in May.

Wishing the Princess the very best with her studies.

 

[Prinsara]

I'm puzzled as to how the "first day" can be Friday. Start of orientation period, maybe?

 

[Somebody]

It doesn't say that it is her first day at school. The accompanying text states 'arrived in Italy'. So, I guess she will start next week but students were invited to arrive this weekend?!

The Academic year starts earlier than here in Ireland, which is normally runs from the second Monday in September to the second Friday in May.

Wishing the Princess the very best with her studies.

That's a really short year. Do students in secondary school have 4 months of summer holidays?

I know that the Netherlands (not applicable to UWI of course) has really short summer holidays (6 weeks) - but about 2 - 2 1/2 months seems quite common.

 

[An Ard Ri]

That's a really short year. Do students in secondary school have 4 months of summer holidays?

I know that the Netherlands (not applicable to UWI of course) has really short summer holidays (6 weeks) - but about 2 - 2 1/2 months seems quite common.

No secondary schools here finish mid June and return 1st Monday in September.
Mid Term falls around Halloween as we have a late October public holiday.
Christmas 2-3 weeks
Spring Mid Term 1 week
Easter -2 weeks

3rd level finish in mid May (College/University) and return in.mid September.
No mid Term but 3-4 weeks at Christmas (Mid December to mid January)
2 weeks for Easter.

The Academic year flies,hopefully Princess Ariane won't feel it till the Christmas holidays!

 

[TLLK]

It doesn't say that it is her first day at school. The accompanying text states 'arrived in Italy'. So, I guess she will start next week but students were invited to arrive this weekend?!

This sounds like a "welcome weekend" for the incoming students. They can move in to their dormitories and have some time to get to know each other before classes begin.

 

[An Ard Ri]

This sounds like a "welcome weekend" for the incoming students. They can move in to their dormitories and have some time to get to know each other before classes begin.

Yes I thought so too and was the Student Induction ahead of the start of Semester one.

 

[Somebody]

They might even have a 'welcome week' and only formally start on September 1?!

No secondary schools here finish mid June and return 1st Monday in September.
Mid Term falls around Halloween as we have a late October public holiday.
Christmas 2-3 weeks
Spring Mid Term 1 week
Easter -2 weeks

3rd level finish in mid May (College/University) and return in.mid September.
No mid Term but 3-4 weeks at Christmas (Mid December to mid January)
2 weeks for Easter.

The Academic year flies,hopefully Princess Ariane won't feel it till the Christmas holidays!

Thanks for the clarification, so tertiary education does have a very long summer break (like several other countries) but not secondary education. I still wonder why they only use 7 months of the year... and include 5 months of breaks (1 month around Christmas and 4 months in summer). They could easily reduce the number of years by using more months of the year.

 

[Somebody]

Princess Ariane apparently is visible in the pictures UWC Adriatic shared on Instagram of their introduction week. As I don't have an Instagram-account, I couldn't see them myself, but some others might be able to.

 

[Marengo]

Princess Ariane apparently is visible in the pictures UWC Adriatic shared on Instagram of their introduction week. As I don't have an Instagram-account, I couldn't see them myself, but some others might be able to.

It seems that the school has removed the photo. The link on the website of RTL Boulevard seems not to be working. Perhaps the RVD contacted the school after the item was discussed on national television.

 

[Blog Real]

On the occasion of Princess Ariane's 17th birthday, the royal house released a photo of the princess taken in December.

Verjaardag Prinses Ariane

Prinses Ariane viert 10 april 2024 haar zeventiende verjaardag.

www.koninklijkhuis.nl

 

[Somebody]

It's one of the pictures taken during the photo session with the whole family.