There is trouble brewing between two
monarchs; one is the Burger King the other the King of Belgium.
Burger King has launched an advertising campaign in Belgium to
herald the opening of the chain in the country. The campaign asks
Belgians to vote online so they can “crown” the true ruler of
the country. Palace spokesman Pierre-Emmanuel De Bauw said, “We
told them we were not happy with them…
Queen Mathilde hosts partners of heads of state and governments participating in NATO summit
29th May 2017
This past week, while King Philippe of
Belgium and other NATO leaders were attending the NATO summit, his
wife, Queen Mathilde of Belgium hosted their partners at the Royal
Palace and gave them a tour of the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. The
palace grounds of the Castle of…
Vogue says styles of Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Mary inspired by First Lady Melania Trump
7th April 2017
Think Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess
Mary are getting style inspiration from First Lady Melania Trump?
Vogue seems to think so. The legendary fashion magazine noted that
when the Queen of the Belgians arrived in Denmark for a State Visit
at the end of March, her icy…
King of Belgium phones Queen Elizabeth to express condolences following terror attack
23rd March 2017
King Philippe of Belgium has phoned Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth to express his condolences following
the terror attack in London where three innocent people lost their
lives. The King told Her Majesty that the thoughts of Belgium are
with the people of the United Kingdon, also expressing
his best wishes to the victims as to those recovering in
hospital. The terror attack on Wednesday occurred…
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…
King Albert of Belgium had been summoned
to appear in court this morning in the case of his alleged
illegitimate daughter, Delphine Boël. The former Belgian King
did not appear in person and was represented by his lawyer.
Although plenty of press appeared at the trial…
Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium has
broken her hip after falling, the Belgian Royal Court has
announced. In order to fix the break, Queen Paola will soon undergo
surgery in the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. She had only
just returned home from the hospital last month after fracturing a
vertebrae late last year. She was still in recovery for the
fractured vertebrae, which was expected to…
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…
King Philippe of Belgium says USA and UK threaten course of history
14th February 2017
His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium
criticised last week both that the United Kingdom had withdrawn
from the European Union and US president Donald Trump’s
anti-immigration policies. It was Tuesday last week that the King
said this when he held a gathering of top…
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
Brussels in Francophone Wallonia in 1977 when Claire was
3-years-old. After completing her primary and secondary
education…
