Princess Elisabeth of Belgium offered a lesson in off-duty chic as she began her studies at Harvard in Boston this week. The 22-year-old, who recently graduated from her degree in History and at Lincoln College, Oxford , has officially moved to the US to start a masters degree. The royal palace shared a number of official snaps of the Princess on the campus alongside the caption, ‘Hello USA! Princess Elisabeth is starting a Masters in Policy at @harvardkennedyschool.
’ In the photographs, the dressed-down royal, who is the eldest child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, can be seen wearing a pair of relaxed jeans, a brown jumper vest and trainers as she strolls through the campus. The 22-year-old swept her hair into loose waves, beaming at the camera as she carries her books and bag. Elisabeth was born on 25 October 2001 and is the eldest child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.
She is titled the Duchess of Brabant and was born into the reign of her grandfather, Albert II. Albert abdicated in favour of his son in 2013, in a move which set a precedent for the recent abdication of another European royal, . Elisabeth has three younger siblings, Prince Gabriel, 20, Prince Emmanuel, 18, Princess Eleonore, 15.
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium studied at the prestigious UWC Atlantic College in Wales, an international school with a difference which has become known as the ‘hippy Hogwarts’. The Infanta Sophia of Spain is currently studying at the college, which is based in the.