Belgian princess left in doubt about her Harvard future following Trump's foreign student ban
BRUSSELS — Belgium's Royal Palace said Friday that Princess Elisabeth, who is first in line to the throne, is waiting to find out whether she can return to Harvard for her second year after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ban on foreign students at the university.
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of students must transfer to other schools or leave the country.
'We are looking into the situation, to see what kind of impact this decision might have on the princess, or not. It's too early to say right now,' said the palace's communications head, Xavier Baert.
Baert said that Princess Elisabeth, aged 23, has completed her first year of a graduate school program at Harvard and would spend the summer back in Belgium. 'And we'll have to see what happens next year,' he said.
The princess is the first of four children born to King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, and has been studying for a Master in Public Policy. Last year, she obtained a degree in history and politics at Lincoln College at Oxford in the U.K.
Harvard enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, accounting for more than a quarter of its student body. Most are graduate students, coming from more than 100 countries.
The university filed a lawsuit on Friday in federal court in Boston, saying that the Trump administration's action violates the First Amendment and will have an 'immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.'
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