Princess Elisabeth has completed first year of master’s degree but Trump administration’s crackdown may jeopardise studies

Princess Elisabeth has completed first year of master’s degree but Trump administration’s crackdown may jeopardise studies

Princess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by Donald Trump’s administration on foreign students studying there could jeopardise her continued attendance.

The US president’s administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enrol international students on Thursday, and is forcing current foreign students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status in the US, while also threatening to expand the crackdown to other colleges.

“Princess Elisabeth has just completed her first year. The impact of [the Trump administration’s] decision will only become clearer in the coming days/weeks. We are currently investigating the situation,” said a spokesperson for the Belgian royal palace, Lore Vandoorne.

  • Null User Object@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Future queen I guess means she is a princess. Just say that.

    “Future queen” is more specific than “princess.”

    They call her Princess Elisabeth repeatedly in the article, but she’s not just “a princess.”

    The princess is heir to the Belgian throne, as the eldest of four children born to King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.

    Her siblings are also a princess and two princes, but she’s the eldest, and thus the only one that can currently be called “future queen.”