Elizabeth of Belgium, first day in Oxford (and a great desire for “normality”)

A reading in the library, a chat in the courtyard, a coffee at the bar. Elizabeth of Belgium made his debut at the Lincoln College, one of the constituent collegesOxford University: the Duchess of Brabant, eldest daughter of re Filippo and of the queen consort Mathilde, has in fact begun a three-year course of History and Politics, having brilliantly passed the admission test.

For Elisabetta, twenty years to be made at the end of October, it is a return in Great Britain since in May 2020 he obtained the international baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College, in Wales. Then, following in the footsteps of her father and other members of her family, she moved to the Royal Military Academy, in the center of Brussels, attending the address Social and Military Sciences.

Now back to the UK to enjoy un ‘last slice of adolescence far from the diktats (and pressures) of Palazzo: on the other hand Elisabetta knows well that, on the death of her father, she will become the first sovereign queen in the history of the Belgians since the Salic law it was abolished by the Constitution in 1991 and therefore, despite the fact that others were born after her due male heirs, the order of succession has not changed.

Hunting for “normalityTherefore, the photos are incontrovertible testimony: with a pair of jeans and a light blazer, “Lisa” has been immortalized in some of the iconic places of the famous University: by boat on the river Cherwell, walking around Radcliff Squarand, crossing i quadrangles, finally leaning against a bench of the All Saints Church, a church dating back to 1122 which today houses theto library of the college.

Then continue the training by Elisabetta. Which exactly two years ago refused i 920mil euro nods that would be due to her age of majority in quality of heir to the throne: a great desire for “normality”, precisely.