Let's be realistic here. Alexandra does not move in the same social circles as the British royals. She's attending university in the USA . Moreover, she moves in European social circles -- and she's likely to meet her husband (and she's not likely to marry for several years) at university or through friends in Europe.
What university in the US is Alexandra attending? Interesting how three of the royal children now live in the USA, Alexandra, Louis and I believe Felix.
William and Harry don't move in the same circles as the Luxembourg royals. There is no interest (from either side) in socializing together.
Amedea is correct. Several members of the extended Windsor family do mingle in the same social circle as the younger Luxembourg, Nassau and Belgian royals.
Felix is not living in the US. AFAIK, he remains in Rome completing his graduate degree with Claire.
Alexandra is attending a small university in a very, very small town. Personally, I feel that it is irresponsible to list the name of that university on public forums.
William and Harry don't move in the same circles as the Luxembourg royals. There is no interest (from either side) in socializing together.
Amedea is correct. Several members of the extended Windsor family do mingle in the same social circle as the younger Luxembourg, Nassau and Belgian royals.
I wonder why she picked that school? I know Freshman year's are hard. I hope she is coping well and I bet she'll make a lot of lifelong friends. Congrats to her on her birthday! And welcome to the USA
Also pictures at RTL & WORT.
Some are the same but also a few others.
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wort.lu | Artikel | Prinzessin Alexandra wird 20
My guess: as mentioned earlier, the school in question is (per Lalla Meriem) "a small university in a very, very small town." Said school is something of a "diamond in the rough" - you've probably never heard of it unless you're involved in Catholic organizations (like this Knight of Columbus, for example) or pay attention to certain Catholic media, but it has a VERY high reputation in those circles. For a royal family as private and as Catholic as this one is noted to be, it makes quite a bit of sense.
Thank you for the info! I guess I figured since a lot of other royals pick high profile schools in the US and England (like George Town, UCLA, London School of Economics) that that's what she would do too. But your answer makes a lot more sense. I never knew that school was intertwined with the Catholic faith in that way.
Put it this way: if you were a Catholic who thought that the big-name Catholic universities have gone too "secular" (for example, Notre Dame inviting Obama to do the commencement speech despite his, shall we say, wildly divergent position on abortion), you would go to a school like the one Alexandra is attending... Of course, the calculus was likely simpler for Alexandra and the family: good education + Catholic + quiet - big-city distractions (cue quip about Papa Henri's heart here) = best fit. Not that different from the rest of us, right?
I have been disappointed in the higher education of the Luxembourg royals. It took Guillaume FOREVER to finish his education, and Felix is also taking a long time to graduate from a university. Now Prince Louis and Princess Alexandra are attending universities in the USA which don't have strong reputations. Perhaps after what Henri and MT have gone through with the boys, they wanted Alexandra to have a more sheltered college life. Note that Alexandra did not go away to a Swiss boarding school like the boys, but stayed at home and attended a local secondary school.