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 admitted he had had a child with
another woman. His natural daughter was granted the title of
Princess Delphine in…
King and Queen of Belgium visit pharmacy to see effect of COVID
25th February 2021
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians visited a pharmacy on Wednesday to see the consequences of
the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry. Their Majesties spoke to
employees at the Pharma Haelvoet pharmacy in Evere, as well as
pharmacists from Eeklo in East…
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…
Belgian King and his family won't take skiing trip to Switzerland
7th February 2021
The Belgian royals are following in the
steps of their Dutch counterparts and will not travel outside their
country to take to the slopes this winter. The Royal Palace has
confirmed that King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Princess Elisabeth
(19), Prince Gabriel (17), Prince Emmanuel (15) and Princess
Eléonore (12) will not travel to Verbier, Switzerland, this year
for their annual skiing trip. A…
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…
King Philippe says the 'whole world' is counting on Belgium's role in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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…
Queen Mathilde's visit to teenage mothers praised for bringing their story 'out of the shadows'
27th January 2021
Queen Mathilde has paid a visit to
teenage girls receiving support from a youth care facility. Her
visit to Le Tobbogan, a facility in Mons, took place on January
26th after a week’s delay when it was revealed that she may have
come into contact with a staff member at the palace who had been
exposed to the coronavirus. In the interest of public health and
safety, her visit was…
The Belgian monarch had a dramatic
evening as he drove through his nation’s capital. King Philippe’s
car, a black Mercedes with the famous royal number plate 1, drove
straight into a violent demonstration and was briefly trapped in a
crowd as young people took to the…
January started with a focus on Delphine
Boël, as King Albert II finally admitted that she was his child
from an extramarital affair. What started as a hectic 2020 for the
Belgian Royal Family ended pretty calm. Let’s take a look at the
Belgian Royal Family’s 2020.
King Philippe sends message to the young during Christmas Eve address
24th December 2020
King Philippe of the Belgians has
delivered his annual Christmas Eve address in Dutch, French and
German – the three languages of Belgium. The King spoke of how this
year the Christmas celebrations are different and how the world is
facing challenges during this pandemic. However, he also spoke of
the hope we have for the future where we can once again get out and
spend time with our loved…
