Belgium

Princess Astrid meets Prince Charles while in UK

Princess Astrid of Belgium is currently leading a Belgian economic mission to the United Kingdom, which aims to strengthen the economic ties between the allied countries. As part of the Belgian economic mission to the United Kingdom, Prince Charles received Princess Astrid at Clarence House on 10 May. The Belgian Royal Palace has published several photos from the meeting between the two…
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Queen Paola ordered to rest after breaking bone in fall

Queen Paola of Belgium has broken her arm after a fall. The 84-year-old queen, mother of the current King, Philippe, broke her arm in a fall. The queen has been told to rest and recuperate for eight weeks. Therefore, all her engagements in the immediate future have been postponed. This is not the first time Queen Paola has broken a bone. In December 2016, she was treated in hospital a…
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Princess Delphine in mourning after the man she once assumed to be her father dies

Jacques Boël, the man who Princess Delphine grew up with, and for many years assumed to be her biological father, has died at the age of 92. Mr Boël was legally recognised as Delphine’s father until King Albert conceded his paternity of her in 2020. Princess Delphine grew up believing that Jacques Boël was her father, even though her mother, Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps, had…
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Belgium mourns the death of close royal family member

The Belgian royal family is in mourning. A close royal family member of the Belgian royal family passed away on Monday. Her Imperial & Royal Highness, Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta, Archduchess of Austria-Este, died on Monday, aged 91. She is best known as the…
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King Philippe pays brief visit to Rome

The new coronavirus variant has had an immediate effect on royal diaries, causing several trips to be postponed. What was supposed to be a three-day Belgian state visit to Italy this week has been delayed and instead, on December 1st 2021, King Philippe paid a brief visit…
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King Albert and Queen Paola in close contact with Covid-19 positive politician

The President of the Belgian Parliament, Stephanie D’Hose, has tested positive for Covid-19, just hours after she had close contact with the former Belgian King and Queen, Albert and Paola. D’Hose has confirmed the news herself in her social media on November 16th 2021. The day before, she was in close contact with King Albert and Queen Paola as they marked King’s Day in Belgium.
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