In a growing conflict, US President Donald Trump’s administration has prohibited Harvard University from enrolling international students, which has the potential to have an impact on a significant royal, who will be a future Queen.
A controversial move by Donald Trump has left a major royal’s future in the US hanging in the balance. The US president’s administration has revoked Harvard University’s ability to enrol international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school. It says thousands of students must transfer to other schools or leave the country.
The Department of Homeland Security announced the action, accusing Harvard of creating an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus. It also accused Harvard of co-ordinating with the Chinese Communist Party, contending the school had hosted and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024.
The situation may have an impact on Princess Elisabeth, the Belgian heir to the throne, despite a judge’s temporary restraining order to halt the ban. The future Queen may get caught up in the immigration ban that applies to foreign students, but she has been attending Harvard for two years and is planning to return.
Xavier Baert, the Belgian Royal Palace’s director of communications, stated: “We are looking into the situation to see what kind of effect this decision might have on the princess, or not. Right now, it’s too early to say.
According to Mr. Baert, Princess Elisabeth, 23, has finished her first year of a Harvard graduate school program and will spend the summer in Belgium.
The princess, who was born to King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, is pursuing a Master’s degree in public policy. When she ascends to the Belgian throne, the 23-year-old will become the country’s first Queen regent. When Belgium introduced absolute primogeniture in 1991, she is ahead of her brothers in the line of succession by having two brothers and a sister.
When King Albert II abdicated for health reasons, her father, King Phillipe, became king in 2013. She attended Welsh university known as “Hippie Hogwarts,” UWC Atlantic College.
The southern Welsh coast’s St. Donat Castle, a 12th-century structure with classrooms and a library, woodland, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and historic buildings for the campus.
Students are offered activities and subjects like Tai Chi, leadership and Tibetan literature alongside traditional classes. It was founded in 1962 by German educationalist Kurt Hahn, who also set up Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland, where King Charles attended.
Elisabeth describes herself as a passionate sportswoman who enjoys skiing, scuba diving, and cooking and speaks several languages. She graduated from Oxford University’s Lincoln College last year before emigrating to America and majoring in history and politics.
Over the past year and a half, Harvard president Alan Garber stated in a statement that the institution has implemented numerous changes to its governance, including a comprehensive strategy to combat antisemitism.
He rebuffed concerns about retaliation that the university would not change its “core, legally-protected principles” Harvard as stated that it will respond to allegations that House Republicans first made about their cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party at a later time.
