Authorities in Andalusia have criticised Belgium’s Prince Joachim after he was found to have attended a party in the region last weekend. Joachim’s attendance at the event in Cordoba was confirmed by the Royal Household in Brussels as it announced that the prince had been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Prince Joachim, who is a nephew of Belgium’s King Philippe, was one of 27 people who…
King Philippe's nephew diagnosed with coronavirus
30th May 2020
Prince Joachim, the 28-year-old nephew of King Philippe of the Belgians, has tested positive for the Coronavirus after attending a private party in Spain last Tuesday.
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Spanish newspaper El Confidencial obtained an internal document from the…
Duchess of Brabant brings the "Kate Effect" to Belgium
27th May 2020
Call it the Elisabeth Effect!
When the Belgian Royal House announced that 18-year-old Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, would be attending the Royal Military Academy starting this fall, the photo to accompany the press release on the royal website featured Princess…
The Duchess of Brabant to attend military academy
20th May 2020
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, known as the Duchess of Brabant as the heir to the Belgian throne, will graduate from the UWC Atlantic College in Wales. The Belgian Royal House has announced that the heir to the throne will start the next phase of her education at the Royal Military Academy.
On 31 August 2020, Princess Elisabeth will start with a four-week initiation camp before continuing with…
King Philippe takes his youngest child back to school
15th May 2020
The King of the Belgians is back on the school run. King Philippe accompanied his youngest child, Princess Eleonore, as she made her way to classes on Friday as Belgium’s educational establishments began a partial reopening following months of closures caused by the…
Belgium’s King and Queen sent a message of congratulations on Twitter, in French and Dutch, to Luxembourg’s Grand Ducal Family on the birth of the new heir to the throne.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde tweeted from Laeken Castle, “Congratulations to…
Prince Laurent of Belgium has revealed that it was his wife, Princess Claire, who had had been diagnosed with the Coronavirus after initially refusing to confirm the news. He only said that someone in his family had started to feel tired and was subsequently tested for the virus.
In a later interview, he has now confirmed that Princess Claire was diagnosed and that the main concern had been…
Honouring our health workers has been at the forefront of many of the European royal families’ efforts, but on Wednesday Queen Mathilde took the time to thank some other unsung heroes on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis: grocery store workers.
The Queen…
Prince Laurent's family hit by the Coronavirus
6th May 2020
Prince Laurent of Belgium, the younger brother of King Philippe of the Belgians, has confirmed that someone in his family was diagnosed with the Coronavirus.
However, Prince Laurent did not wish to confirm who it was that was ill but said they were doing better. They were…
Who is Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium?
23rd April 2020
Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita was born on 23 April 2003 at the Clinique Saint Jean in Brussels. She weighed 3.820 grammes and measured 52 cm. Upon her birth, she received the titles of Princess of Belgium and Archduchess of Austria-Este. She is the fifth child of Princess Astrid of Belgium, sister of King Philippe of Belgium, and Prince Lorenz of Belgium.
The birth of Princess Laetitia…