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 mother of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, making her the mother-in-law of Princess Astrid of…
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…
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 the invitation of Queen Margrethe. The dinner was not announced in the royal calendar in advance.
King Philippe is on a…
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…
The Belgian monarch had a dramatic evening as he drove through his nation’s capital. King Philippe’s car, a black Mercedes with the famous royal number plate 1, drove straight into a violent demonstration and was briefly trapped in a crowd as young people took to…
Leopold III was the fourth King of the Belgians (the Belgian King is known as the King of the Belgians rather than King of Belgium). In the early years of his reign, he was a popular figure; however, he became a divisive figure after he surrendered the Belgian army to the invading German forces in 1940 without consulting his government. After the end of the war, he would eventually agree to…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, also known as the Duchess of Brabant as the heir apparent to the throne, has been in military training for the past couple of weeks in Elsenborn.
She joined 169 other first-year students to begin training on 31 August at the Royal Military…
It has been a mixed week on the royal front. The families of Scandinavia are returning to duties while other dynasties continue their summer breaks in a time when no one knows how the regal autumn will look. Here’s the royal week just past, in pictures.
Mary’s…
It was a very different National Day for Belgium’s Royal Family today. A day of celebration became a moment for commemoration as King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and their children paid tribute to those who have lost their lives to coronavirus and to those who have worked over the past months to fight the disease and support others. Masks and social distancing replaced the celebratory aspect of…
