Crowds in Brussels were treated to the
sight of the whole Royal family attending church to celebrate the
National Day. The Belgian King and Queen were joined by their four
children; Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel and
Princess Eléonore, and Prince Laurent, the King’s younger brother.
A Te Deum Service in the Cathedral of St Michael and St
Gudula was followed by a march past…
Princess Astrid of Belgium
has reportedly been robbed in Paris of her
purse, according to French daily newspaper Le Parisien.
The incident occurred Thursday, 2 June on the A86 Aubervilliers in
France. Le Parisien reports that an assailant shattered the
passenger window…
On 22 May, exactly two months after the
terrorist attacks in Brussels, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of
the Belgians attends a ceremony in the Royal Palace of Brussels to
commemorate the victims and to pay tribute to the emergency
services. They were joined by King Albert…
Belgium's Prince Amedeo and Princess Elisabetta Maria expecting first child
14th April 2016
Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and Princess
Sofia aren’t the only royals expecting a child next month. The
Royal Palace of Belgium confirmed on Tuesday, 12th April that
Prince Amedio, (30), and his wife, Princess Elisabetta “Lili” Maria
Rosboch von Wolkenstein, (28), are expecting their first child next
month. The sex of the child was not revealed in the announcement
Unlike other European…
The Belgian royal court has confirmed
that Prince Amedeo of Belgium and his wife Elisabetta are expecting
their first child together and the baby is due in May. Prince
Amedeo of Belgium is the eldest son of Princess Astrid of Belgium
and Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este.
Following the devastating acts of
terrorism in Brussels, the King and Queen of the Belgians paid a
visit to the victims of the attacks to offer their condolences. On
Wednesday, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visited Brussels
Airport, where they paid tribute to those who…
The Queen has sent a message of
condolence to the people of Belgium after yesterday’s terrorist
attack which killed over 30 people in Brussels. In the message, Her
Majesty says that she and the Duke of Edinburgh were “shocked and
saddened” by the events and passed on message of condolences. In
full the statement read: “Prince Philip and I have been deeply
shocked and saddened by the loss…
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King Philippe of Belgium has addressed the
nation in televised speech in which he calls
the recent terror attacks “cowardly and odious.” More than 30
people died in the…
By Charlie Proctor, with additional
reporting by Moniek Bloks The royals of Europe have today been
sending messages of condolence to the King of Belgium and the
Belgian people following the terror attacks which took place in the
early hours of Tuesday morning. Several…
Delphine Boël given go ahead to seek recognition as King Albert II of Belgium's daughter
4th February 2016
Delphine Boël has been on a mission to be
recognized as the daughter of King Albert II of Belgium. She was
born in 1968 as the daughter of Baroness Sybille de Selys
Longchamps and was officially recognized by her mother’s
husband Jonkheer Jacques Boël (of which the English equivalent
would be Esquire). The King made a reference to a crisis ‘thirty
years ago’ in the 1999 Christmas speech…
