Seated to the left of Prince Charles, the international- area-studies major - now under suspension by the university for alleged identity theft - leaned into the microphone in front of her on the table and looked slightly to her right at Britain's heir apparent, according to photographs seen by the Daily News.
When she spoke, Kirsch, then 21, and wearing a dark pinstriped jacket, gestured with her hands as she addressed the prince.
"We're developing communities that do not have the markets to sustain that kind of flood of money," said Kirsch, referring to her concern of increased "international financing" in cities such as Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
"So as the market stagnates, it kind of stratifies this schism we have between rich and poor and those who are developing and those who are working," Kirsch added, according to a transcript of the panel. It was provided by the International House, a nonprofit center at 37th and Chestnut streets that houses scholars, students and interns from throughout the world.
Thus, with a sip of the specially brewed tea made for the International House royal reception and with her inclusion in such an exclusive event - thanks to a Drexel recommendation - Jocelyn Kirsch has inadvertently added another riveting element to her onion-layered story.
The brainy brunette and her codefendant, Edward Anderton, 25, are charged with conspiracy, identity theft, burglary, terroristic threats, unlawful use of a computer and other crimes. A preliminary hearing that was scheduled for Tuesday for them has been postponed.
Cops say the couple stole identities of at least two of their neighbors at the Belgravia, on Chestnut Street near 18th, and of at least three others. The two are also believed to have scammed local businesses by using fake credit cards and forged checks in their victims' names.
