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April Sparkle: Belgium's Best Diamonds

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4th April 2021
The diamond is the birthstone of April. That most sparkling of gems features in many royal collections and today, Royal Central is looking at some of the Belgian Royal Family’s best diamonds.Brabant Laurel Wreath Tiara[getty src=”154431097″ width=”396″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]The Brabant Laurel Wreath Tiara was presented to…
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The teenagers who will one day assume the throne

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7th March 2021
There are five teenagers in Europe who will one day assume the throne in their countries. Let’s take a look at the future monarchs.Princess Elisabeth of Belgium:Also known as the Duchess of Brabant (the title of the heir to the Belgian throne), Elisabeth will come of age on 25 October. Elisabeth, as the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde’s four children, is first in…
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Queen Paola to speak of her life on TV programme

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26th February 2021
Belgium’s Queen Paola has been filmed for a documentary which will chart her life and touch on the problems she experienced in her long marriage to King Albert II.The programme will be the first time that Paola, now 83, has spoken at length in public since her husband…
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Europe's new 'queen' school: Spotlight on UWC Atlantic College

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13th February 2021
With the news earlier this week that Princess Leonor, the elder daughter of King Felipe and Queen Letizia, will be attending UWC Atlantic College in Wales starting from this autumn, we thought this would be the perfect time to look closer at this unique, community-minded school to find out why it’s currently so popular with the European royals.Princess Leonor, who will begin a two-year study…
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King Philippe's favourite pseudonym revealed

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3rd February 2021
The world knows him as King Philippe of the Belgians, but when this monarch wants to go incognito, he prefers to be known as Monsieur Legrand.That’s the name on papers filed on the French Ile d’Yeu, off the coast of Brittany, where the king and his family have bought…
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King Philippe says the 'whole world' is counting on Belgium's role in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

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29th January 2021
King Philippe praised the role Belgium is playing in COVID-19 vaccinations in a New Year’s speech on Thursday, saying that the “whole world is watching and counting on us.”In his virtual remarks, delivered online due to coronavirus restrictions, the Belgian monarch said: “Foreign interlocutors thank me and congratulate me on the crucial role that Belgium plays in the fight against the…
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