King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are back
home in Belgium after a five-day State Visit to Canada. The King
and Queen were invited by the Governor General Julie Payette. On
day three of the State Visit to Canada, Their Majesties braved the
cold in Ottawa as they boarded a plane to Toronto. Day one and day
two of the State Visit took place in Ottawa. Photo: FPS Foreign
Affairs After a short…
Yesterday afternoon, His Majesty King
Philippe of Belgium delivered the annual Christmas Eve address. The
speech was pre-recorded in the three official languages of Belgium:
French, Dutch and German. His Majesty began by recalling a
visit earlier in the month by a group of…
King Philippe took over Queen Mathilde’s
annual engagement today as he read to children during the Reading
Week. This has a special reason behind it. Each year Queen Mathilde
steps out as the Patron of the Reading Week, to read a book to
children in an elementary…
The Walloon tv programme Place Royale has
conducted a new survey in which several Belgians were asked
questions about the current monarchy. The survey showed a quarter
of the Belgians want to get rid of the monarchy and make Belgium a
republic. After 1500 days of King Philippe, it was time for another
survey in which the Belgians were able to comment and show their
vision on the monarchy.
Burger King has dropped its challenge to
the Belgian public to “crown” the true ruler of the country. Burger
King launched a controversial advertising campaign which asked
people to make a choice between King Philippe and Burger King. In
order to place a vote for…
There is trouble brewing between two
monarchs; one is the Burger King the other the King of Belgium.
Burger King has launched an advertising campaign in Belgium to
herald the opening of the chain in the country. The campaign asks
Belgians to vote online so they can…
His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium has
released a statement this morning to mark the first anniversary of
the Belgian terror attacks that took place in Brussels. His Majesty
said, “On 22 March 2016, we were at the centre of a particularly
cruel action. We were victims of a double terrorist attack in our
nation’s capital. “Today, one year exactly after the facts, we
remember…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of
Belgium will visit Denmark on a state visit from the 28th to the
30th of March. They accepted the invitation for the tour, which was
announced on 14 February, from Queen Margrethe of Denmark. King
Philippe only assumed the throne in the…
King Philippe of Belgium says USA and UK threaten course of history
14th February 2017
His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium
criticised last week both that the United Kingdom had withdrawn
from the European Union and US president Donald Trump’s
anti-immigration policies. It was Tuesday last week that the King
said this when he held a gathering of top…
A nine-year-old girl named Finn was given
the opportunity to visit King Philippe of Belgium at the Royal
Palace of Laeken (also called the Royal Castle of Laeken) in the
Laeken neighbourhood of Brussels. Belgian news
agency, Flanders News, released the one and a half minute
video of Finn with the King of the Belgians on 23 December. With
the video, they wrote, “It doesn’t happen very…
