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 Belgium, while King Felipe and
Queen Letizia will travel from Spain. The Netherlands is sending
King Willem-Alexander, Queen…
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…
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 Royal Palace. A group of
historians, architects and other specialists, commissioned by the
Brussels regional government, has…
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…
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…
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 to Rome. In view of the
sudden deteriorating health situation in Belgium and Europe, it was
decided, in consultation with…
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…
A meeting of monarchs between Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Margrethe of Denmark
27th October 2021
King Philippe of the Belgians is
currently on a three day long official visit to the Kingdom of
Denmark. The Belgian King and Danish Queen, Margrethe II, had a
private dinner on the first evening of the visit. The dinner took
place at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen, at…
October will be a very busy month for
European royalty in the future as three future monarchs celebrate
birthdays in the month: Prince Christian of Denmark (15 October),
Leonor, Princess of Asturias in Spain (31 October) and Princess
Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant in Belgium (25 October). With
the latter being the oldest out of the three, she has in many ways
paved the way for the path of a…
