Several images of the Belgian Royal
Family have been released this evening from their recent private
holiday. The images were taken with the permission of the King and
Queen by press photographer Yves Herman on behalf of Belgian
photo agencies. Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen
Mathilde and their children, Their Royal Highnesses Princess
Elisabeth (16), Prince Gabriel (14), Prince…
Prince Laurent of Belgium is very
likely to receive the opportunity to defend himself for his
recent actions in the Belgian parliament. It is the first time that
a member of the Royal Family will defend himself/herself before the
politicians in the Belgian Federal…
Yesterday afternoon, His Majesty King
Philippe of Belgium delivered the annual Christmas Eve address. The
speech was pre-recorded in the three official languages of Belgium:
French, Dutch and German. His Majesty began by recalling a
visit earlier in the month by a group of…
The Belgian government has decided that
Prince Laurent is to lose 15% of his dotation in 2018. The Prince
is being punished for his unauthorised visit to the Chinese
Embassy earlier this year. Yesterday, the Belgian Prime Minister
Charles Michel announced that Prince Laurent was going lose a
part of the annual stipend he receives from the government to carry
out his official duties. The number…
Prince Laurent says his human rights are being breached after pay cut
1st December 2017
Prince Laurent of Belgium, the younger
brother of King Philippe of the Belgians, is claiming that the
government is violating his human rights after Prime Minister
Michel moved to cut his annual €308,000 (£280,000) government
endowment. The meeting between Charles Michel…
Prince Laurent of Belgium is in the news
again after reportedly ‘hiding’ from the Belgian Prime Minister.
The news comes from Het Laatste Nieuws (anglicised: The Latest
News), a Dutch newspaper based in Brussels, that reports the
controversial prince is avoiding Prime…
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 was…
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 convicted to six…
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.
