Belgium

Duchess of Brabant completes one-month military initiation camp

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26th September 2020
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has successfully completed her one-month military initiation camp in Elsenborn, Belgium.The 18-year-old heir to the throne received her blue beret on Friday from her father, King Philippe, in his role as commander-in-chief of the army. Her mother, Queen Mathilde, was also in attendance alongside the other parents of her fellow graduates at the Blue Beret Parade…
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Queen Mathilde talks about mental health

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16th September 2020
Queen Mathilde spoke at the 70th session of the World Health Organisation’s Regional Committee for Europe meeting on Monday where she discussed the importance of mental health.Speaking virtually at this week’s session, Queen Mathilde began her speech extolling how good mental health “helps us all to achieve our full potential. It boosts our resilience and ability to manage change and…
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Belgium's Princess Eléonore forced to move to new secondary school

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28th August 2020
Princess Eléonore will soon start secondary school, but not where she’d been previously studying due to a rule change within the school district.The Brussels Times reports that the 12-year-old princess, who’d been studying at the Saint-Jan Berchmans College in Brussels, will now have to find a new school as the Belgian Royal Family lives too far away from their choice.The newspaper…
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Who is Princess Maria Laura of Belgium?

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26th August 2020
Today, on the 26th of August, Princess Maria Laura of Belgium celebrates her 32nd birthday. But who is this mysterious Belgian beauty? Let’s take a look at what we know about her.On 26 August 1988, Maria Laura Zita Beatrix Gerhard was born at the Saint-Luc…
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The Royal Week in Pictures

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25th July 2020
This is a royal July like no other. it’s noticeably busier as Europe’s ruling houses continue engagements at a time when we often expect them all to be on holiday. And while some have begun their summer breaks, others are still out and about as life begins to return to some semblance of what we all knew before lockdown. It’s brought us some stand out images – here is the…
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