Princess Elisabeth of Belgium.Photo: Bas Bogaerts/The Belgian Monarchy
The heir to Belgium’s throne is joining the long list of Oxford University’s royal attendees.
The Belgian royal familyannouncedTuesday that Princess Elisabeth, 19, will study history and politics at Lincoln College, which is part of Oxford University in the U.K., starting in October.
“The Princess will return to Belgium regularly and remain involved in Belgian public life,” the palace said on Instagram.
They accompanied the announcement with a new photo of Princess Elisabeth, showing the teen smiling while dressed casually in jeans, a blouse and jacket.
Oxford University.Carl Court/Getty
Princess Elisabeth joins a long list of royals who have studied at Oxford, including Edward VII and Edward VIII of the U.K., King Haakon of Norway, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and her own father, Belgium’s King Philippe.
Oxford also counts Stephen Hawking, J.R.R. Tolkien, Bill Clinton and many other famous faces among their alumni.
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Princess Elisabethenrolled at the Royal Military Academyin Brussels in 2020 after completing her studies at United World College of the Atlantic in Wales. Her alma mater just gainedtwo new royal students: heir to the Spanish throne Princess Leonor, 15, and Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, 16, are now classmates at the boarding school, aiming to earn their International Baccalaureates.
Alexia’s father King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Princess Raiyah bint Hussein, daughter of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan, also attended UWC Atlantic.
source: people.com
