Belgium

A minute's silence held for victims of Brussels terror attack as Portuguese State Visit to Belgium begins

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18th October 2023
The President of Portugal joined the King and Queen of the Belgians in a minute’s silence for the victims of a terror attack that took place just hours before the official start of his State Visit to Belgium. Two Swedish football fans were killed when a gunman opened fire in Brussels on the evening of October 16th 2023. The terror attack led to the security threat level in the Belgian…
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King Philippe and Queen Mathilde watch the first final of the Queen Elisabeth Music Prize

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1st June 2022
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde attended the first session of the finals for the Queen Elisabeth Music Prize, which this year was opened to cellists. The royal couple arrived at the Bozar Centre of Fine Arts in Brussels in the evening of Monday, 30 May, to watch the first two finalists perform a piece of music of their choice and the unpublished work of Jorg Widmann.  This is the…
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Which royals are buried at the Crypt at Laeken?

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3rd January 2020
The Royal Crypt at Laeken (near Brussels) in Belgium is the final resting place of the Belgian royals. It is inside the Église Notre-Dame and was built in memory of Queen Louise of Belgium (born Louise of Orléans), who was the second wife of King Leopold I – who had previously been married to Princess Charlotte of Wales. The shared tomb of Louise and Leopold is the central point of the…
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