{"id":18069,"date":"2026-05-29T04:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/18069\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:31:22","slug":"the-future-queen-of-belgium-makes-her-moms-lady-dior-bag-the-star-of-her-harvard-graduation-outfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/18069\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Queen of Belgium Makes Her Mom’s Lady Dior Bag the Star of Her Harvard Graduation Outfit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Princess Elisabeth<\/a> marked a major milestone on May 28 as she officially became a graduate of Harvard University<\/a>. Her parents, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde<\/a>, made the trip from Belgium for the 24-year-old future queen\u2019s celebrations\u2014and Elisabeth borrowed a special accessory from her mom, Queen Mathilde, for an awards ceremony ahead of the graduation.<\/p>\n

On May 27, Princess Elisabeth toted a burgundy Lady Dior bag <\/a>previously carried by her mother as she attended the Harvard Kennedy School’s class of 2026 awards event. The classic quilted bag, which was named after Princess Diana<\/a>, coordinated with Elisabeth’s Maje slingback heels and the red flowers in her maxi dress. The royal chose Maje’s $690 white silk design, pairing it with red cluster earrings by Bamboleira, with the shade honoring the red of the Belgian flag.<\/p>\n

The Queen of the Belgians tried out the butter yellow trend<\/a> for the awards while also nodding to the Belgian flag, wearing a pastel dress with a ruched waist by one of her favorite designers, Natan Couture.<\/p>\n

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Queen Mathilde, Princess Elisabeth and King Philippe attend a Harvard awards ceremony on May 27. | Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Princess Elisabeth wears a Maje dress and carries a Lady Dior bag. | Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Proud dad Philippe snaps a photo of Elisabeth and Mathilde. | Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Queen Mathilde continued to embrace flag dressing at the official graduation ceremony on May 28, wearing an elegant red pencil dress as she posed for a photo in the audience with King Philippe.<\/p>\n

Oxford graduate Elisabeth, who is the heir to Belgian throne<\/a>, has a Bachelor\u2019s degree in history and politics and went on to study public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School<\/a>. She tossed an inflatable globe in the air as she posed for pictures with her fellow Harvard classmates, wearing a drape around her neck with the red, yellow and black of the Belgian flag.<\/p>\n

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Queen Mathilde and King Philippe are pictured at Harvard’s commencement ceremony on May 28. | Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Princess Elisabeth celebrates with fellow classmates on May 28. | Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Before she takes on full-time royal duties, Elisabeth has some exciting plans in the works. The princess will be taking a gap year during which she’ll embark on a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean\u2014and perhaps she can take some tips from Princess Kate, who once worked a yacht deckhand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[11815,7,3535,8592,8591,5535,11816,11814,8589,131],"class_list":["post-18069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-awards-ceremony","tag-belgium","tag-getty-images","tag-harvard-kennedy-school","tag-harvard-university","tag-king-philippe","tag-lady-dior-bag","tag-princess-diana","tag-princess-elisabeth","tag-queen-mathilde"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116655992767257724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}