dinsdag 30 mei 2017

QEC 2017: Lunch for the Jury

30 May 2017

Queen Mathilde & King Philippe hosted a lunch at the royal palace in Brussels for the jury members of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017, dedicated to cello.






maandag 29 mei 2017

A Relaxing Weekend

27 May 2017

It seems Mathilde (& family) left Brussels after the Trump visit.

Camille Monden tweeted she spotted The Queen cycling in the upmarket coastal town Knokke on Saturday.


donderdag 25 mei 2017

Program for Spouses

25 May 2017

Queen Mathilde received the partners of the heads of state who have come to Brussels to participate in the special NATO summit: Melania Trump (USA), Brigitte Macron (France), Ingrid Schulerud-Stoltenberg (Norway), Emine Erdogan (Turkey), Desislava Radeva (Bulgaria), Mojca Stropnik (Slovenia), Gauthier Destenay (Luxembourg) and Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir (Iceland).










They made a tour through the greenhouses of Laeken, before enjoying a dinner together.






woensdag 24 mei 2017

Audience for the President of the USA

24 May 2017

King Philippe and queen Mathilde received Mr. Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump at the royal palace in Brussels.







While King Philippe and President Trump had a conversation, Queen Mathilde introduced the First Lady to Heidi De Pauw, CEO of 'Child Focus'. Today was also Missing Persons Day.



dinsdag 23 mei 2017

Informal Care + A Glimpse of the Queen

23 May 2017

Queen Mathilde presided a round table on informal care, at the royal palace in Brussels.


The same day Gerry Debecker, a teacher from the Sint-Jan School accompanied his students on a 3-day trip to Brussels and tweeted about the Queen arriving at the royal palace.


zondag 21 mei 2017

Recap: Royal Baptisms & Godchildren

1986: Prince Philippe becomes godfather to his nephew, Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este.


1988: Baptism of Prince Constantin de Nassau. Philippe is Constantin's godfather.


19 February 2000: Baptism of Prince Dinis de Bragança at the cathedral of Porto in Portugal. Philippe is Dinis's godfather.





1999: Crown Prince Philippe becomes the godfather of Prince Alexandre d'Arenberg (°20 May 1999).

2002: Baptism of Count Niccolo Secco d'Aragona in Paris, France.








2004: Christening of Princess Catharina-Amalia of Orange Nassau in The Hague, Holland.


2005: Christening of Princess Alexia of Orange Nassau in The Hague, Holland. Mathilde is Alexia's godmother.





2006: Christening of Prince Christian of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark.



2007: Christening of Princess Isabella of Denmark at Fredensborg, Denmark. Mathilde is Isabella's godmother.







22 May 2012: Christening of Princess Estelle of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden.


2015: Christening of Prince Philipp von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha at Beiersdorf, Germany. Philippe is godfather to his namesake.


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