Belgium

YEAR IN REVIEW: Belgium's 2022 gives the country hope for the future

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28th December 2022
Belgium’s royal year was filled with joy, grief, and historic firsts. 2022 was opened with the death of Prince Lorenz’s mother, Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta, Archduchess of Austria-Este, aged 91, on 10 January. Princess Astrid’s mother-in-law was laid to rest almost 20 days later, on 29 January, in a ceremony in Switzerland that also saw King Philippe present. In…
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Norway

King of Norway shows his health is recovering while attending Christmas Day church service

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26th December 2022
King Harald of Norway showed his health is continuing to recover as he attended the traditional Christmas Day church service at Oslo’s Holmenkollen Chapel. His Majesty used walking sticks to move around the church to worship on Christmas Day alongside Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and Princess Ingrid Alexandra. The royals heard the Holmenkollen Chamber…
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Luxembourg

Grand Duke Henri focuses on Ukraine, repression in Iran and the fight for democracy in Christmas Eve address

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25th December 2022
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg’s Christmas Eve address took a serious tone this year, focusing on the war in Ukraine, repression in Iran and the global fight for democracy. The Grand Duke addressed the ongoing war in Ukraine, calling the Russian invasion “a brutal war of aggression” and said that it “calls into question everything on which we, since 1945, have built our…
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Belgium

King Philippe of Belgium condemns 'cruel and senseless' war in Ukraine in his annual Christmas Even broadcast

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24th December 2022
The King of the Belgians has used his annual Christmas Eve speech to condemn the ‘cruel and senseless’ war in Ukraine, as the conflict is set to carry on into 2023. In his address to the nation, His Majesty said that the people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom and security, as did their ancestors in conflict of the past. He went on to thank the citizens of Belgium who…
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