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…
Queen Mathilde acquires a new goddaughter due to a peculiar Belgian tradition being enacted
23rd February 2023
Queen Mathilde has acquired a new
goddaughter after a family in Molenbeek asked The Queen of Belgium
to become godparent to their child. Her Majesty does not know the
family, but has accepted, gifting the child an engraved silver cup,
and arranged for an audience to be…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde listen to grieving families following devastating earthquake
15th February 2023
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians travelled to the Flanders to meet with two grieving
families. On Monday, 13th February, Their Majesties arrived
in the municipality of Houthalen-Helchteren, in Belgian Limburg
province, and were welcomed by two families…
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians has
arrived in Bangladesh for a three-day visit to the country in her
role as an advocate for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development
Goals. Her Majesty landed in Dhaka in the morning of Monday,
6 February and was welcomed at the airport by the Bangladeshi
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abul Kalam Abdul Momen, and the
Belgian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Didier…
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…
Queen Mathilde will grace Belgian coins
and stamps in honour of her 50th birthday, the Belgian Royal Mint
has announced. The Belgian queen will feature on a 12.5 Euro gold
coin with her husband’s profile on the back—the first time that
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde…
Queen Mathilde - the quiet queen who became the first Belgian born consort
20th January 2023
Queen Mathilde of Belgium is celebrating
her 50th birthday on January 20th. Born Mathilde Marie Christine
Ghislaine d’Udekem d’Acoz on 20 January 1973, she was the oldest of
five children born to Count and Countess Patrick d’Udekem d’Acoz in
Uccles, Belgium. Her early schooling saw her study in Bastogne and
Brussels, and her later studies saw her receive a diploma in…
The Belgian Royal Palace has released two
new photographs of Queen Mathilde as she marks her 50th birthday
today. The images were taken by Michel Gronemberger at the Palace
of Laeken, and the second photograph features on BPost’s stamp for
Her Majesty’s…
A small royal delegation braves the cold to bid farewell to Pope Benedict XVI at his funeral
5th January 2023
It was a chilly & foggy morning in
Vatican City on 5th January, a somber day for the city state as
they laid Pope Benedict XVI to rest. St Peter’s Square welcomed
world leaders and dignitaries from across the globe, including a
small delegation of royals, led by…
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 rest almost 20 days later, on 29
January, in a ceremony in Switzerland that also saw King Philippe
present. In…
