Belgium

The Queen who inspired Belgium's latest royal tour

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…
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Queen Mathilde lands in Bangladesh for UN visit

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…
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Egyptian visit planned for the Belgian royals

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…
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Queen Mathilde - the quiet queen who became the first Belgian born consort

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…
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YEAR IN REVIEW: Belgium's 2022 gives the country hope for the future

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…
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