The King and Queen of the Belgians have just finished their first ever State visit to Germany. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde spent three days packed with visits, encounters, speeches and dinners in Berlin and Dresden. The Belgian King praised the Germans for their beautiful language, culture and art and spoke of a close friendship between the founding members of the European Union.
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In the ancient world, many cultures invoked different forms of magic to protect their dead from those still in the physical world.
In ancient Egypt, this included placing a curse on the mummy. One of the most famous instances of this was the curse placed on King…
King Philippe of Belgium is celebrating ten years on the throne after his father’s abdication in 2013. And throughout the first decade of his reign, his wife, Queen Mathilde, has been by his side. The Queen may not be the most outgoing consort in Europe, but she is a…
In the series “Before they were royal,” we are taking a look at their young lives, education, and professional lives before gaining their royal title. This edition focuses on Queen Mathilde of the Belgians or Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz, as she was known before her marriage.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium was born as Lady Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d’Udekem d’Acoz on…
On 20 January, Queen Mathilde of Belgium celebrates her 50th birthday. The Queen has chosen to use this milestone birthday to bring attention to an important cause.
Queen Mathilde has taken part in a special television programme highlighting the importance of providing…
Laughs, tears and tiaras in Oslo as Princess Ingrid Alexandra officially celebrates her 18th birthday
18th June 2022
Friday night was the pinnacle of the royal year. King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway hosted a gala dinner in Oslo to celebrate Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday.
From about 7:30 pm, the halls of the Royal Palace started filling with people –…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians have visited the province of Namur, south of Brussels, to have meetings with the citizens of various towns and visit several projects.
The first stop of their trip was made in the early afternoon of Wednesday, 30th March. The royals visited Ciney, a small town that houses a Provincial School of Agronomy and Sciences.
In the institute, they…
Princess Elisabeth listens attentively as she accompanies her parents at roundtable on Ukrainian crisis
24th March 2022
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…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde welcome Austrian President and First Lady on state visit
22nd March 2022
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians are hosting a state visit from Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and First Lady Doris Schmidauer.
The President and First Lady landed at Brussels’s Zaventem International Airport in the morning of Monday…
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…
