The new regiment took over the operation of the army's remaining main battle tanks, as well as two of the army's ceremonial units, the Cavalry Escort (Cavalerie Ere Escorte) and the Mounted Units Regimental Band (Regimentsfanfare Bereden Wapens).

[1] In November 2020, the Dutch Ministry of Defence announced the formation of a new armoured unit as part of a reorganisation of the army.

As part of the army's reorganisation, the multiple operational roles undertaken by the van Boreel regiment were split - the ISTAR element was transferred to the newly established Intelligence & Security Corps (Korps Inlichtingen & Veiligheid "Prinses Alexia"), while the tank element was moved to a new armoured regiment formed through the amalgamation of the old Prins Alexander, van Sytzama and Prins van Oranje regiments.

[1] On 20 November 2020, King Willem-Alexander announced that the new armoured regiment would be named for his eldest daughter, Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange.

In a modern setting, the sky blue color refers to the steel of the tanks.