Queen Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth of
Belgium are on a royal tour of Egypt this week, but they aren’t the
first Belgian royals to visit the African nation. Their trip is
inspired by Elisabeth’s namesake, who ventured to King Tut’s tomb
and was fascinated with Egyptology. Queen Elisabeth of Belgium was
born a duchess in Bavaria as the daughter of Duke Karl Theodor and
the…
Egypt will welcome a royal visit in March
when Queen Mathilde of the Belgians and her daughter, Princess
Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, visit the country for three days.
The Queen and Duchess of Brabant will be in Egypt from 14-16 March.
The visit will centre around…
YEAR IN REVIEW: Belgium's 2022 gives the country hope for the future
28th December 2022
Belgium’s royal year was filled with joy,
grief, and historic firsts. 2022 was opened with the death of
Prince Lorenz’s mother, Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta,
Archduchess of Austria-Este, aged 91, on 10 January. Princess
Astrid’s mother-in-law was laid to…
The Belgian Royal Palace has released
images of Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, at the annual
summer military camp of the Royal Military Academy. As part of her
military training, the Princess will participate in the camp
throughout July. She joined her classmates from the Royal Military
Academy who are in their second year at the academy. ERM/KMS –
Erwin Ceuppens They are…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium conducted
her second solo engagement just five days after the first, as she
opened a 3D printing lab named after her at KU Leuven. Upon
her arrival, on Thursday, 30th June, the Princess was escorted to
her seat in the front row for the…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium undertakes her first solo engagement in the pouring rain
27th June 2022
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has
undertaken her first solo public engagement as she christened the
RV Belgica – the country’s newest research vessel. Just the
day after her final university exam of the session, Her Royal
Highness arrived in Ghent, the capital…
The Belgian Royal Palace has revealed
details about the mysterious tiara Princess Elisabeth wore to the
18th birthday celebrations of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway.
The Royal Palace spoke to Belgian reporter Wim Dehandscutter and
revealed that the tiara was a gift to the Duchess of Brabant for
her 18th birthday from her parents, King Philippe and Queen
Mathilde. The tiara is an…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium made her
gala debut on Friday night when she took part in the official
celebrations for Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway’s 18th
birthday. Wearing a pink/mauve Armani Privé gown, the Duchess of
Brabant looked like a fairytale…
Ahead of the gala dinner at the Royal
Palace in Oslo for Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday, a
special photo of some of the future monarchs of Europe was released
by the Royal Court. The image was taken in the Bird Room of the
Royal Palace and featured four…
Three future queens are set to make their
tiara debut later this week at the gala birthday celebrations for
the 18th birthday of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway. Princess
Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, will accompany her mother, Queen
Mathilde, to the event, and it will be the first time the future
Queen of the Belgians will don a tiara publicly. So what tiara will
Elisabeth choose for…
