Belgium

Queen Mathilde marks anniversary in poignant ceremony

Queen Mathilde of the Belgians marked a significant anniversary in Liège on Monday. She was there to represent her husband, King Philippe, as he was unable to attend due to illness.  The Belgian Queen was in Liège to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the city. The city was liberated from Nazi occupation on 8 September 1944 when US forces switfly recaptured Belgium. Queen…
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Belgium's king queues in the canteen for lunch as he enjoys crunch Olympics match

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians were on hand to cheer on their country’s Men’s Field Hockey team for their first match of the 2024 Summer Olympics.  The Belgian king and queen attended the first men’s field hockey game of the Olympics. The Belgian Men’s Field Hockey Team won Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after winning Silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics.  The…
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The glamourous royal wedding that created an unexpected queen

They were an unexpected king and queen and their royal romance has weathered several storms but King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium are marking their sixty fifth wedding anniversary.  The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959 in Brussels, now live quietly following Albert’s abdication. Their wedding was a glittering event and put a shy young couple on the path to a throne. Their…
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Princess Elisabeth meets President Obama

Princess Elisabeth helped welcome a special visitor to the Castle of Laeken on Sunday, joining her father in welcoming former US President Barack Obama to Belgium. President Obama is in Belgium this weekend for the FTI SuperNova conference in Puurs-Sint-Amands, where he joined in a panel discussion on the future of technology and innovation. View this post on…
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