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King Philippe releases statement to mark first anniversary of Belgian terror attacks

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22nd March 2017
His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium has released a statement this morning to mark the first anniversary of the Belgian terror attacks that took place in Brussels. His Majesty said, “On 22 March 2016, we were at the centre of a particularly cruel action. We were victims of a double terrorist attack in our nation’s capital. “Today, one year exactly after the facts, we remember…
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Belgian King and Queen to go on official state visit to Denmark

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16th February 2017
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium will visit Denmark on a state visit from the 28th to the 30th of March. They accepted the invitation for the tour, which was announced on 14 February, from Queen Margrethe of Denmark. King Philippe only assumed the throne in the summer of 2013, after his father, King Albert, abdicated. This means that this visit will be the first state visit the new…
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Who is Princess Claire of Belgium?

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18th January 2017
Claire Louise Coombs was born on 18 January 1974 to Nicholas John Coombs, a British-born businessman, and his Belgian wife, Nicole Eva Gabrielle Thérèse (née Mertens). She has an older sister, Joanna and a younger brother, Matthew. The family moved to Dion-le-Val, near…
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Queen Paola of Belgium hospitalised after fall

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28th December 2016
The Belgian Royal Court has announced that Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium has been admitted to the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc in Brussels after suffering a vertebral fracture from a fall. It added that the fracture did not cause any neurological complicates but that her recovery will take several months. Queen Paola is the wife of the abdicated King Albert II of Belgium. She was…
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Queen Mathilde's uncle convicted of running a scam

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6th December 2016
Count Henri d’Udekem d’Acoz, an uncle of Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, has been convicted of running a scam by a court in Kortrijk in Belgium. He has been convicted to six months probation and a fine of 1375 euros. “They worked in tandem to extort money from my client”, said Geert Sustronck, the victim’s attorney. “They paid through the nose, but nothing was being…
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