Royal watchers in Belgium will have more on their to-see lists this summer. Both the Royal Palace of Brussels and the Royal Crypt in Laeken will be open to the public.
The Royal Palace of Brussels serves as the official home of the King and Queen of the Belgians. The palace now stands on the grounds of Coudenberg Palace, which dates back to the 11th century. It burned down in the…
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…
Princess Astrid is currently leading a Belgian economic mission to the United Kingdom, which aims to strengthen the ties between the countries. Earlier this week, Her Royal Highness met both Prince Charles and Princess Anne. The latest stop on her official journey saw her…
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…
The Belgian Royal Palace has released a new photograph of King Philippe as he marks his 62nd birthday today.
The image was taken by a favourite palace photographer, Bas Bogaerts, at the beginning of April at the Palace of Laeken – the King’s official…
Royals from across Europe will travel to the United Kingdom on 29 March to attend the Thanksgiving Service for Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey.
Several monarchies have confirmed their attendance ahead of the event.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will travel from…
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…
Due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians have postponed their trip to the Congo to a later date.
The Belgian Royal Palace made the announcement on 28 February.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde were originally due…
Statue of King Leopold II could be melted down as Belgium debates its colonial past
23rd February 2022
A statue of the controversial king Leopold II in Brussels could be removed and melted down as Belgian authorities consider how to deal with the country’s past colonialism. The bronze statue, from the 19th century, is located in the centre of Brussels, close to the…
Princess Delphine in mourning after the man she once assumed to be her father dies
24th January 2022
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…
