King Philippe steps out "as a father, not as King"
20th November 2017
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 school. The initiative wants to promote
reading to children as it is essential for their language
development and imagination. It…

