YEAR IN REVIEW: Belgium's 2022 gives the country hope for the future
28th December 2022
Belgium’s royal year was filled with joy, grief, and historic firsts.
2022 was opened with the death of Prince Lorenz’s mother, Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta, Archduchess of Austria-Este, aged 91, on 10 January. Princess Astrid’s mother-in-law was laid to rest almost 20 days later, on 29 January, in a ceremony in Switzerland that also saw King Philippe present.
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