The Belgian royal family has published two new portraits today to mark Princess Elizabeth’s 23rd birthday.
The heir to the Belgian throne posed for the new photographs in the United States, where she is studying her master’s degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Elisabeth looked typically chic in an ensemble from ba&sh, which included a £240 jacquard-print short-sleeved vest and a £230 matching midi skirt.
She styled her brunette locks down for the occasion and opted for a natural makeup look.
He instagram The caption read: ‘Princess Elizabeth celebrates her 23rd spring today! Thank you (from the US) for the birthday wishes!’
The Belgian Royal Palace has released two new portraits to celebrate Princess Elizabeth’s 23rd birthday (pictured).
The royals ditched a high-society photographer and had a fellow student named Max Bueno take the images, a scholarship student studying at the same school as Elisabeth, who is also a professional photographer.
Max also photographed the royals for his first official portraits as a student at Harvard Kennedy School in September.
The student highlighted his skills behind the camera, capturing the heir to the Belgian throne outside his school building.
According HLN NewsElisabeth, who previously studied at Oxford University, is adjusting to her new American school because, perhaps unsurprisingly, “a lot of people want to be her friends.”
In the pictures, Elisabeth dressed the part, donning a pair of £210 Crest high-rise wide-leg jeans from classic American brand Tommy Hilfiger with a brown tank top.
Photographer and student Max has an impressive background, having been commissioned as a Naval Intelligence Officer at the US Naval Academy and graduating with a degree in Quantitative Economics.
In July, Princess Elizabeth of Belgium thanked Oxford University for three “wonderful” years as she prepares to move to Cambridge to pursue her master’s degree at Harvard.
The royal moved to the United Kingdom in autumn 2021 to begin his undergraduate History and Politics course at Lincoln College.
The heir to the Belgian throne looked elegant in a matching outfit from the French luxury brand ba&sh
The future Queen of Europe enrolled at the institution under the name ‘Elisabeth of Saxe-Coburg’ and was a member of Lincoln College.
Speaking about his stay there, a spokesman for the Belgian Royal Palace told the Oxford Post: “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 yacht club, Elisabeth would have completed around six written assignments and a thesis in History or Politics in her final year to complete her degree.
Now, Princess Elizabeth has joined the renowned Harvard University in Cambridge, where the princess passed the entrance tests.
The palace said Brussels Times: ‘The Princess was also selected for an ‘Honorary Award’ from the Fulbright Program, the international educational exchange program of the United States Department of State.’
And it looks like Princess Elizabeth is already immersing herself in American culture. In March, she received the former president of the United States Barack Obama when He met his father, King Philip, in Brussels.
She took time out from her studies to carry out the rare royal engagement in her home country.
Elizabeth is next in line to the Belgian throne, as she is the eldest daughter of King Philip and Queen Matilda.
According to the Belgian newspaper the nightthe princess completed a written Oxford entrance exam in history “anonymously” so that her royal status would not affect her chances of being offered a place.
Elisabeth is believed to have chosen the course herself, according to her parents, and she 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 her life.
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 then 20-year-old had found love with fellow student Nicholas Dodd, 20, from Rochdale.
Mr. Dodd read History at the same university according to Het Laatste Nieuwsa Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium.
However, the rumors were dispelled when Dodd’s family said the reports were “false.”
‘They just go to the same university and study together. Like all his other friends, I can’t comment further,” said an anonymous family member. Manchester Evening News.
When asked about the rumours, the Royal Palace declined to comment, according to Belgian French-language television. RTL.
An accomplished 23-year-old by any standards, the official royal website says Elisabeth enjoys walking in nature, reading and playing the piano, although like “all young people her age,” the palace writes, ” “His musical taste is varied.”
Elizabeth, who speaks Dutch, French, German, English and has also taken Mandarin Chinese classes, began attending royal engagements from a young age and was just nine years old when she gave a speech at the opening of the Princess Elizabeth Children’s Hospital.