Rory Farquharson is 19 years old. He is a British student who joined the Harvard class of 2020 in 2017. Malia Obama is also 19 years old and is currently in her second semester at Harvard.
Source: Business Insider, Harvard
Obama was caught on camera smooching Farquharson (The Daily Mail identified him) at the Harvard-Yale football game in November 2017. TMZ published the footage.
Source: The Daily Mail, TMZ
In January 2018, Obama and Farquharson were seen shopping in New York City's Soho neighborhood.
Source: USA Today
Farquharson attended the Rugby School, a private school in England where the annual tuition is £35,000 ($47,000). Farquharson was "head of school" from 2015 to 2016.
Source: Business Insider
Welcome back everyone, I hope you all enjoy the new term #wholepersonwholepoint pic.twitter.com/l454jZviPV
— Rugby School (@RugbySchool1567) January 9, 2018
He played rugby and golf and was a cofounder of the Blue Bunsen Society, the school's chemistry club. Anonymous classmates told The Daily Mail that Farquharson was "quite a catch" and "very popular."
Source: Business Insider, Rugby School, The Daily Mail
Congratulations to Rory who played for the Irish Exiles on Sunday #wholepersonwholepoint #rugby pic.twitter.com/LwL89MXdyl
— Rugby School (@RugbySchool1567) January 24, 2017
In a letter to his 16-year-old self, which appeared in a Rugby School publication, Farquharson wrote, "You’re a lanky, over-confident public school boy, desperately trying to prove to your friends how much of a 'lad' you are and have failed miserably."
Farquharson interned with the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building in Northern Ireland. Its stated purpose is "to uphold and share the values and principles of democracy in order to build peace, stability and reconciliation."
Source: Harvard, Centre for Democracy and Peace Building
It's been an absolute delight and pleasure to have this exceptional student @rory_farq from @Harvard spend this week with us in Belfast 🚀 pic.twitter.com/ICFnJT19h5
— Conor Houston (@ConorHoustonNI) June 9, 2017
Farquharson also appeared in a rugby video played at the World Cup opening ceremony in 2015. Prince Harry appeared in the same video.
Source: The Telegraph
Farquarhson's father is Charles Farquharson, the chief executive of Insight Investment Management Limited, based in London. His mother is Catherine Farquharson, a qualified accountant.
Source: The Telegraph
The Farquharson family lives in a six-bedroom, detached home in Woodbridge, Suffolk, worth £1.6 million.
Source: Business Insider
The Daily Mail reported that Farquharson is related to Andrew Farquharson, who was an aide to the Queen.
Source: The Daily Mail
Farquharson has deleted his Twitter account. But he used to follow "banking-related accounts," suggesting that he's also interested in pursuing a career in banking, according to The Telegraph. He also tweeted that President Trump's "populism" wouldn't last more than a year, The Telegraph reported.
Source: The Telegraph
In 2016, Barack Obama told radio station WDCG he's pretty "relaxed" about his daughters dating. That's because Michelle Obama is "such a great example of how she carries herself, her self-esteem, not depending on boys to validate how you look or not letting yourself be judged by anything other than your character and intelligence," and also because "they have Secret Service."
Source: People
