Relatives of Rochdale redhead deny romance with Princess Elisabeth
Rumours of a romance between the long run Queen of Belgium and an ‘peculiar’ Rochdale redhead had been debunked by the coed’s household final week.
Nicholas Dodd, 20, was mentioned to be in a relationship with Princess Elisabeth, 22, that ‘transcends friendship’ after assembly at Oxford University, Belgian media reported.
However, a relative of the coed shut down the hypothesis by telling the Manchester Evening News: ‘No, that’s false.
‘They simply go to the identical school and research collectively. Just like all his different buddies, I am unable to remark any additional.’
It is believed the coed from Manchester met Princess Elisabeth, the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium‘s 4 youngsters, when she began finding out History and Politics at Lincoln College.
The future Queen of Belgium has been romantically linked to a 20-year-old pupil from Manchester after the pair (regarded as pictured) met at Oxford University
Nicholas Dodd from Rochdale met the princess whereas finding out historical past at Lincoln College, Oxford University
Princess Elisabeth (pictured in October 2023), 22, the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium ‘s 4 youngsters, research History and Politics at Lincoln College
A neighborhood media report on the claims included {a photograph} (pictured) mentioned to be of the inheritor to the Belgium throne (pictured left) standing subsequent to Nicholas (pictured proper) on the Matriculation Ceremony on the University of Oxford in October 2021, the occasion that marks the scholars’ formal admission to the college
Mr Dodd reads History on the similar school in response to Het Laatste Nieuws, a Dutch-language newspaper based mostly in Antwerp, Belgium.
The native publication, quoting an ‘essential supply’, claims ‘peculiar’ Nicholas and the Princess had an ‘on the spot connection’ after discovering themselves in the identical research group and developed a relationship that ‘transcends friendship’.
The report included {a photograph} mentioned to be of the inheritor to the Belgium throne standing subsequent to Nicholas at the Matriculation Ceremony on the University of Oxford in October 2021, the occasion that marks the scholars’ formal admission to the college.
‘Nicholas Dodd is remarkably typically talked about within the English Oxford in a single breath with our Crown Princess Elisabeth,’ claimed the publication on Instagram.
The royal, who goes by the identify Elisabeth de Saxe-Coburg when at college and is fluent in Dutch, French, German and English, is destined to be the primary Queen of her younger nation.
When requested in regards to the rumours, the Royal Palace refused to remark, in response to French-language, Belgium-based tv station RTL.
‘We don’t react to rumours regarding the personal lives of members of the royal household’, a press release apparently learn.
Nicholas has been described as an ‘clever and studious younger man’, who appeared on the Rochdale Sixth Form College web site after being accepted into Oxford University.
He wrote: ‘I utilized to Oxford as a result of I wished the chance to review at a world-class college.
Priness Elisabeth smiles and shakes palms with King Charles at an occasion
Princess Elisabeth , 22, grew up within the royal palace of Brussels, attending royal engagements – she was simply 9 when she delivered a speech on the opening of the Princess Elisabeth Children’s Hospital
In distinction to the Princess’s royal way of life, Nicholas grew up in Rochdale, attending the native sixth type school
Princess Elisabeth in a brand new portrait launched to have a good time her twenty second birthday
‘I felt I ought to apply as a result of there was nothing to lose in attempting! It was additionally price it as a result of the expertise developed my analytical expertise so even when my utility failed, the abilities I realized will nonetheless assist me now and in approaching my work sooner or later.
‘I might suggest making use of to Oxbridge even when you have doubts in your self. You don’t have anything to lose and if you happen to dedicate a while to it then will probably be a worthwhile expertise in itself,’ he added.
Born on October 25, 2001, Princess Elisabeth is the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium‘s 4 youngsters.
When her father turned King in 2013, Elisabeth turned the inheritor to the throne and Duchess of Brabant.
Elisabeth started attending royal engagements from a younger age and was simply 9 when she delivered a speech on the opening of the Princess Elisabeth Children’s Hospital.
In distinction Nicholas went to Rochdale Sixth Form and through time period time lives along with his mum in a £300,000 residence after dropping his dad Andrew to most cancers in 2007.
Princess Elisabeth is the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium’s 4 youngsters
When her father turned King (pictured left) in 2013, Elisabeth turned the inheritor to the Belgian throne and Duchess of Brabant
Like numerous different European royals, together with Princess Leonor of Spain and Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Elisabeth attended Atlantic College in Wales earlier than shifting on to Oxford.
Nicknamed ‘Hippie Hogwarts’, the college curriculum has included uncommon actions equivalent to Tai Chi and Tibetan literature. It has a outstanding cliff-top location in a Twelfth-century citadel within the Vale of Glamorgan.
Elisabeth enrolled on a £67,000, two-year course to review for her International Baccalaureate diploma on the college, which she has now accomplished.
Before her two-year course in Wales, she attended the Dutch-speaking secondary college Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege in Brussels. The Princess additionally went to the Yale Young Global Scholars Program at Yale University.
She then accomplished a one-year course in social and army sciences on the Royal Military Academy which is alleged to show in-depth in regards to the 4 elements of Belgian defence: Army, Air Force, Navy and Medical.
When Elisabeth ascends to the throne after her father, she’s going to make historical past as she turns into Belgium’s first ever Queen
Alongside her coaching, in October 2021, the Princess started finding out History and Politics at Lincoln College, Oxford
Alongside her coaching, in October 2021, the Princess started finding out History and Politics at Lincoln College, Oxford. Here, she rows for Lincoln College Boat Club beneath the identify ‘Elisabeth de Saxe-Coburg’.
According to Belgian newspaper Le Soir, the princess accomplished a written entrance examination in historical past ‘anonymously’ in order that her social standing wouldn’t have an effect on her marks.
Elisabeth is believed to have chosen the course herself, in settlement together with her dad and mom, and reportedly consulted with graduates from varied universities and made her determination based mostly on what can be most helpful to her in her function as queen later in life.
An completed 21-year-old by any measure, the official royal web site says Elisabeth enjoys strolling in nature, studying and taking part in the piano – though like ‘all kids her age’, writes the palace, ‘her style in music is various.’
