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.
[getty src=”805167280″ width=”594″ height=”396″] Spanish newspaper
El Confidencial obtained an internal document from the Andalusian
government which states that 27 people held a private party in a
residence in…
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…
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…
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 coronavirus pandemic. Philippe was
driven with 12 year old Eleonore to her school in Brussels on
Friday morning and the two made…
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 the parents…
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…
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, wearing a mask and protective gloves
along with a bright red trouser suit, offered support and well
wishes to employees working at…
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…
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…
As King Philippe celebrates his 60th
birthday, let’s look back at another important day in his life: 21
July 2013, the day he became King of the Belgians. Prince Philippe
was born 15 April 1960, the eldest son of Prince Albert and
Princess Paola in the reign of his uncle, King Baudouin. Albert
succeeded to the throne in 1993 when his older brother died without
an heir. Philippe was now first…
