The Belgian Royal Palace has revealed
details about the mysterious tiara Princess Elisabeth wore to the
18th birthday celebrations of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway.
The Royal Palace spoke to Belgian reporter Wim Dehandscutter and
revealed that the tiara was a gift to the Duchess of Brabant for
her 18th birthday from her parents, King Philippe and Queen
Mathilde. The tiara is an…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium made her
gala debut on Friday night when she took part in the official
celebrations for Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway’s 18th
birthday. Wearing a pink/mauve Armani Privé gown, the Duchess of
Brabant looked like a fairytale…
Laughs, tears and tiaras in Oslo as Princess Ingrid Alexandra officially celebrates her 18th birthday
18th June 2022
Friday night was the pinnacle of the
royal year. King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway hosted a gala
dinner in Oslo to celebrate Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th
birthday. From about 7:30 pm, the halls of the Royal Palace started
filling with people –…
Three future queens are set to make their
tiara debut later this week at the gala birthday celebrations for
the 18th birthday of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway. Princess
Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, will accompany her mother, Queen
Mathilde, to the event, and it will be the first time the future
Queen of the Belgians will don a tiara publicly. So what tiara will
Elisabeth choose for…
During his first day in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, King Philippe decorated the last veteran of
World War II to fight in Burma (today’s Myanmar). The Belgian King
held the ceremony at Kinshasa’s memorial for combat veterans, where
he had previously laid a…
Progress and disappointment: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde land in Congo for historic visit
10th June 2022
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians have embarked on their historic first official visit to
the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the country’s former
colonies. The visit had to be postponed twice; supposed to take
place in 2020 to celebrate…
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians held a
video call with Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska. Connecting
from her office in the Royal Palace, the Queen “expressed her
solidarity” to the Ukrainian people for the incredibly difficult
situation they have been facing for the past three months. On
the 24th of February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine; since then, many
towns have been on the…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde watch the first final of the Queen Elisabeth Music Prize
1st June 2022
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde attended
the first session of the finals for the Queen Elisabeth Music
Prize, which this year was opened to cellists. The royal couple
arrived at the Bozar Centre of Fine Arts in Brussels in the evening
of Monday, 30 May, to watch…
Belgium’s Prince Joachim has graduated
from Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. The
30-year-old Prince’s graduation ceremony took place over the
weekend with his parents, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz, in
attendance. He graduated with a…
Queen Mathilde and Prince Emmanuel of
Belgium took part in the 20 kilometres through Brussels sporting
event on Sunday. The mother-son duo joined roughly 32000 more
participants for the morning, as they ran or marched among the
capital’s most iconic monuments. Queen Mathilde opted for the
march, and she finished 23584th (this also includes the people who
ran the length of the race)…
