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Royals gather to commemorate 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

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28th January 2020
Royals from all over Europe gathered yesterday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, on Holocaust Remembrance Day.Those in attendance were the Duchess of Cornwall, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, King Willem-Alexander and…
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Who is Queen Mathilde of the Belgians?

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20th January 2020
Mathilde Marie Christiane Ghislaine d’Udekem d’Acoz was born on 20 January 1973. She is the oldest child of Jonkheer Patrick d’Udekem d’Acoz and his wife, Countess Anna Maria Komorowska. Through her mother’s paternal family, Mathilde has Polish noble ancestry, as…
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Royal Wedding Dresses: Queen Mathilde of the Belgians

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4th December 2019
All royal wedding dresses are keenly anticipated but there is always slightly more interest and slightly more pressure when the gown on show belongs to a queen in waiting. On December 4th 1999, Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz walked into the Town Hall of Brussels for the start of her marriage celebrations to the heir to the throne of Belgium, Philippe. Mathilde’s marriage turned her…
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Queen Mathilde presented with Bambi Charity Award

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23rd November 2019
On 21 November in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians received the prestigious German Charity Bambi Award from ‘Hubert Burda Media Holding’.The Royal Palace in Brussels said that the Queen was presented the award for “her many…
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Royal style roundup: October 2019

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31st October 2019
It’s been a busy October here at Royal Central, and this month we’re adding another perspective to our royal style roundup with the addition of our newest reporter, Laura Farout.Kristin Contino, Chief Reporter:With so many royal events this month it was tough to choose, but my first pick was the blue ombréCatherine Walker outfit the Duchess of Cambridge chose to kick…
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The Duchess of Brabant joins her mother, Queen Mathilde in Kenya for Unicef

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25th June 2019
The 17-year-old Duchess of Brabant – heir to the Belgian throne – has joined her mother, Queen Mathilde in Kenya for Unicef in her first major mission abroad. Queen Mathilde has been the honorary president of Unicef Belgium for ten years. She previously visited Haiti in 2012, Ethiopia in 2015 and Laos in 2017. Kenya currently houses around 200,000 unaccompanied minor refugees. Queen…
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