Oxford student Princess Elizabeth of Belgium participates in military exercises

Most college students already find it difficult to drag themselves into classes and turn in essays on time.

But there is no successful 20-year-old Belgian Princess Elizabeth, who combines a history and politics degree from Oxford with a military education at home.

The future queen spent the last weekend of the Easter holiday at a training course in Leopoldsburg, near the Dutch border.

Leadership: The Belgian Royal Family has released photos of Elisabeth wearing face paint and camouflaged combat gear as she joins other trainees to learn basic skills

Talent: Princess Elizabeth enrolled at Lincoln College in Oxford last October. The Belgian royal family has released a series of photos of the royal family on campus, including the photo above.

The Belgian royal family has released photos of Elisabeth in face paint and camouflage combat gear as she joins other officers to learn basic skills.

Elisabeth returned to Belgium this summer for a camp run by the Belgian Defense University Royal Military Academy (RMA), which is responsible for the academic, military and physical training of its prospective officers.

Elisabeth enrolled in a program at RMA in September 2020 and continues to be involved despite being a full-time freshman at Oxford.

The balance between academic and military experience is considered an important foundation for her future life as queen.

On the pitch: Polish princess Elizabeth is unrecognizable when she attends the exercises

Basic Skills: The Belgian Royal Family has completed and remains involved in a one-year training course at the Royal Military Academy. Keeping a gun up on the weekend

Hardening up: The princess pictured opposite was just one of the group when she joined other officers in training over the weekend in Leopoldsburg, near the Dutch border.

Elizabeth is the eldest daughter of King Philip of Belgium, 62, and his wife, Queen Matilda, 49. The couple also have children, 18-year-old Prince Gabriel and 16-year-old Prince Emanuele, and their 14-year-old daughter, Princess Eléonore.

The Princess completed her secondary education at UWC Atlantic College in South Wales – housed in a 12th-century castle nicknamed “Hippie Hogwarts,” where she lived for 18 months.

Spanish Crown Princess Leonor (16) and Dutch Princess Alexia (16) are currently students.

Academic star: In October 2021, the Belgian royal family announced that Elisabeth had begun her graduation at Lincoln College Oxford and shared her photos on campus.

Thanks to him: According to a local newspaper, Elisabeth in the photo “anonymously” took the written history test so her social status didn’t affect her grades.

When the curfew began, Elisabeth returned to her family in Brussels and completed her distance education.

He graduated from RMA in September 2021, majoring in social and military sciences, where his father also studied.

The following month, the Belgian royal family announced that the princess had begun graduating from Lincoln College in Oxford.

Future Queen: Elizabeth is the eldest daughter of King Philip of Belgium, 62, and his wife, Queen Matilda, 49. The couple also shares their children, 18-year-old Prince Gabriel and 16-year-old Prince Emanuele, and their daughter, Princess Eléonore, 14. In the photo, the family is together at Christmas

According to the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, the princess took the written history test “anonymously” so that her social status did not affect her grades.

Elisabeth is believed to have chosen the course herself, in consultation with her family, and she reportedly consulted with alumni from various universities and made her decision based on what would be most beneficial to her in the role of queen later in life.

The royal family announced at the time that the princess would “regularly return to Belgium and become involved in Belgian public life” while she was studying in England.