King Philippe took over Queen Mathilde’s annual engagement today as he read to children during the Reading Week. This has a special reason behind it.
Each year Queen Mathilde steps out as the Patron of the Reading Week, to read a book to children in an elementary school. The initiative wants to promote reading to children as it is essential for their language development and imagination. It…
Their Majesties Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium are currently on a State Visit to India. On the second day, the Queen was accompanied by the Indian Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi.
On Tuesday the Queen visited Childline, India’s first…
The uncle of Queen Mathilde of the Belgians is on trial for fraud. “Nonkel Henri” or Count Henri d’Udekem d’Acoz allegedly tried to scam people in Flemish-Brabant for tens of thousands of euros, together with an another man. He has already been…
The Walloon tv programme Place Royale has conducted a new survey in which several Belgians were asked questions about the current monarchy. The survey showed a quarter of the Belgians want to get rid of the monarchy and make Belgium a republic.
After 1500 days of King Philippe, it was time for another survey in which the Belgians were able to comment and show their vision on the monarchy.
The brother of Queen Paola of Belgium, Don Antonello Ruffo di Calabria has died at the age of 87 in Rome. The death was announced yesterday via the Italian press. He had been admitted to the hospital to undergo an operation. Antonello founded the first ornithological nature…
Statues of the second King of the Belgians, Leopold II, belong in a museum and not in any public space. That any still exist and that streets are named for the King is a disgrace. So writes the Belgium jurist from a Congolese background Sandrine Efoko in Knack…
The Order of Leopold is the oldest order of chivalry or knighthood in Belgium having been founded in July 1832, shortly after Belgium gained independence from the Netherlands. It takes its name from King Leopold I, who was the first King of the Belgians and instigated the award. There are three branches of the order, Military (Armed Forces), Maritime (Merchant Navy) and Civilian. Like many…
Royal Central’s Europe Correspondent, Laura Dekkers, offers her opinions regarding the ongoing antics of Prince Henrik of Denmark and Prince Laurent of Belgium. Who is doing more to discredit constitutional monarchy in Europe?
Recently, two different royals from two…
It was discovered yesterday that Prince Laurent of Belgium’s Twitter account (@Laurent_of_B) had been deleted. Members of the Belgian media made the discovery yesterday morning.
Many had wondered if King Philippe had pressured his younger brother to delete his account…
Prime Minister of Belgium to impose a 10% deduction of Prince Laurent's stipend
8th August 2017
Prime Minister Charles Michel is going to request that the government deducts 10% from Prince Laurent’s annual stipend of 308,000 euro, reports French Language newspaper La Libre Belgique.
Charles Michel had already spoken of a “proportional sanction” but failed to mention an exact number before. Although, one can only wonder if such an amount will have a big enough impact on…
