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		</div><p>The heir to the Dutch throne has decided for the next few years not to accept the 1.6 million euro (£1.3 million) annual allowance she is entitled to once she turns 18 in December.</p>
<p>Princess Amalia sent a handwritten letter to prime minister Mark Rutte informing him of her decision on Friday.</p>
<p>She said she would repay the money — which will still be deposited in her account — while she is still a student.</p>
<p>The payment is made up of about 300,000 euros directly to the princess and 1.3 million to cover staff costs and other expenses.</p>
<p>The princess heard on Thursday that she had passed all her high school final exams and is planning to take a gap year before going to university.</p>
<p>“I find it uncomfortable as long as I can offer little in return and other students have it so much more difficult, especially in these uncertain corona times,” the princess wrote.</p>
<p>Mr Rutte wrote back to congratulate Amalia on graduating high school and said he understood and appreciated her decision.</p>
<p>The move comes at a time of declining popularity for the House of Orange in the Netherlands.</p>
<p>Amalia’s parents, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, were criticised last year when they took the family to their holiday home in Greece amid the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>The family cut the trip short and flew home after the public outcry.</p>
<p>In a video message issued after their return in October, a sombre Willem-Alexander told the nation: “It hurts to have betrayed your faith in us.”</p>
<p>The holiday did not breach coronavirus restrictions, but came days after the government introduced what it called a “partial lockdown” in a bid to rein in soaring infections.</p>
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