Belgium

Queen Mathilde acquires a new goddaughter due to a peculiar Belgian tradition being enacted

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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 held with the Mayor of the city.But how did Queen Mathilde end up being the godmother to a child she does not know? Belgian…
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Egyptian visit planned for the Belgian royals

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25th January 2023
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 the late Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, who once visited Egypt. The royals will visit many locations the heir that the heir…
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New coins and stamps celebrate Queen Mathilde's 50th birthday

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21st January 2023
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…
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Belgian Royal Palace releases new photos of Queen Mathilde on 50th birthday

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20th January 2023
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 birthday.The first image sees the Queen in an all-white ensemble standing in the doorway of the palace, while the second…
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Pharmaceuticals, news and wine: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde's first day in Germany

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6th October 2022
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians began their visit to the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on the southeastern border with Belgium. The royal couple arrived in Germany on the evening of Tuesday, 4 October, accompanied by the Belgian Minister of the German-speaking community, Oliver Paasch. Their first engagement was a small reception with the founders of BioNTech, the…
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