Belgium

Princess Elisabeth listens attentively as she accompanies her parents at roundtable on Ukrainian crisis

King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth held a roundtable discussion about the Ukrainian crisis. The talks were held with four representatives of the academic world and were centred around the origins of the conflict and its potential ramifications, according to the Royal Palace’s website.  The Duchess of Brabant will have undoubtedly listened to the discussion with…
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King Philippe and Queen Mathilde to welcome Austrian President for state visit

Belgium will be hosting a state visit from the President of Austria next week.  The announcement came in the afternoon of Monday, 14 March, from the Belgian Royal Palace via a press release.  “At the invitation of Their Majesty the King and Queen, His Excellency Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, and Mrs Doris Schmidauer will carry on a State visit to…
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Belgium

The King and Queen of Belgium postpone their visit to Congo

Due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians have postponed their trip to the Congo to a later date. The Belgian Royal Palace made the announcement on 28 February. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde were originally due to visit the former Belgian colony from 6 March to 10 March. The King’s visit was announced earlier in…
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Queen Mathilde visits hospital ship bound for Africa

Queen Mathilde of the Belgians visited a hospital ship as several storm clouds gathered. Her Majesty arrived in the port of Antwerp on Friday morning to take a tour of Global Mercy, a hospital ship.  The vessel is the biggest floating hospital in the world and is the property of Mercy Ships, a Belgian company founded in 1978 that provides medical aid to the poorest countries in the world with…
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