Crown Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has thanked Oxford University for a “wonderful” three years as she prepares to move to Boston to pursue her master’s degree at Harvard.
The 22-year-old royal moved to the UK in the autumn of 2021 to begin her undergraduate course in History and Politics at Lincoln College.
The future European queen enrolled at the institution under the name “Elisabeth of Saxe-Coburg” and was a member of Lincoln College.
Speaking about her stay there, a spokesperson for the Belgian Royal Palace told the Oxford Mail‘The Princess loved studying at Oxford and had a wonderful time at Lincoln College.’
In addition to being an active member of her university’s sailing club, Elisabeth reportedly completed around six written papers and a thesis in History or Politics in her senior year to complete her degree.
The royal moved to the city in the fall of 2021 to begin her undergraduate degree in History and Politics at Lincoln College (pictured here, when she began her degree).
Princess Elizabeth’s next project is the famous Harvard University in Boston, where the Princess passed her entrance exams.
He The Brussels Times reports that it will be on the university’s Kennedy School campus.
The palace told the outlet: “The Princess was also selected for an ‘Honorary Award’ from the Fulbright Program, the US State Department’s international educational exchange program.”
And it seems Princess Elizabeth is already immersing herself in American culture. In March, received the former president of the United States Barack Obama when He met with his father, King Felipe, in Brussels.
He took time off from his studies at the time to carry out the rare royal engagement in his home nation.
Elisabeth is next in line to the Belgian throne, as she is the eldest daughter of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.
According to the Belgian newspaper The eveningThe princess completed a written entrance exam to Oxford in history “anonymously” so that her royal status would not affect her chances of being offered a place.
Elizabeth is believed to have chosen the path herself, in agreement with her parents, and supposedly consulted with graduates from various universities and made her decision based on what would be most useful to her in her role as Queen later in life.
Princess Elizabeth is pictured last month holding a voting card as she goes to vote.
Princess Elizabeth looks cheerful as she walks down the stairs at Oxford University in 2021
During her time at Oxford there was speculation about her love life amid reports that she was dating a “normal” young man.
Belgian media reported that the 20-year-old had found love with fellow student Nicholas Dodd, 20, from Rochdale.
Mr. Dodd studied History at the same university according to The latest newsa Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium.
However, the rumours were debunked when Dodd’s family said the reports were “false”.
“They just go to the same university and study together. Like all their other friends, I can’t comment further,” said an anonymous relative. Manchester Evening News.
Asked about the rumours, the Royal Palace declined to comment, according to Belgium’s French-language television station. Right-right.
After graduating, Princess Elizabeth will move to Boston to study a two-year Masters in Public Policy at Harvard University.
At 22, Elizabeth is an accomplished young woman in every sense; the royal website says she enjoys walking in nature, reading and playing the piano, though like “all young people of her age,” the palace writes, “her musical taste is varied.”
Elisabeth, who speaks Dutch, French, German, English and has also taken Mandarin Chinese classes, began attending royal engagements at a very early age and was just nine years old when she gave a speech at the opening of the Princess Elizabeth Children’s Hospital.