King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are back
home in Belgium after a five-day State Visit to Canada. The King
and Queen were invited by the Governor General Julie Payette. On
day three of the State Visit to Canada, Their Majesties braved the
cold in Ottawa as they boarded a plane to Toronto. Day one and day
two of the State Visit took place in Ottawa. Photo: FPS Foreign
Affairs After a short…
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…
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 children to meet him
in the Palace where he was able to show their curious minds the job
of King and even spoke to them about…
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…
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 Minister Charles Michel over
his unauthorised trip to China. Earlier this year, Prince Laurent
attended a celebration at the…
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…
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 months in jail for another case.
Count Henri, who is 83 years old and a respected lawyer, and the
other suspect…
