donderdag 25 januari 2018

World Economic Forum 2018

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde of the Belgians participated in the annual World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, from 22 to 25 January 2018.

23 January 2018

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde were at the opening plenary speech by Indian prime minister, Nerendra Modi.


Queen Mathilde attended the session 'Ask about: vaccines'.





King Philippe had a meeting with King Abdallah of Jordan.


The king & queen attended the session 'Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World' with Christine Lagarde, Erna Solberg, Isabelle Kocher, Sharan Burrow, Fabiola Gianotti, Ginni Rometty and Chetna Sinha.


A meeting with David Beasley, the executive director of the World Food Program.



24 January 2018

Mathilde attended the session 'A Sprint to 2020'.




After running into King Felipe of Spain, King Philippe had a private meeting with Jack Ma.



Together, the royal couple attended the session 'Fake News versus Real Politics'.


They had meetings with former US Foreign Secretary John Kerry, Mrs. Fairbairn et M. Drechsler of the UK Chamber of Commerce and with Maersk CEO Søren Skou.

A meeting on social entrepreneurship by the Schwab Foundation that Mathilde is a member of.







The queen was seated on the first row, next to IMF chair Christine Lagarde for a special address by President Emmanuel Macron of France.





... whilst King Philippe listened to the special address by German chancellor Angela Merkel. He was seated next to Crown Prince Alois of Liechtenstein.


In the evening the king and queen attended the Belgian Power Reception.


25 January 2018

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde with Suresh Prabhu, the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry.


Queen Mathilde had a meeting with Kristalina Georgieva of the World Bank on the empowerment of women, and the implementation of the SDGs.


Talking to Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel.



Mathilde also attended the session 'Mapping Eastern Europe: The Long View'.




woensdag 24 januari 2018

Royal Children & Facebook

Patrick Renault, head of communcations of Belgian court, gave an interview to Belgian National Radio1, explaining that the 4 royal children are allowed to have social media accounts, but they're strictly private. He also asked to respect this privacy, as the children are minors.

Renault added that crown princess Elisabeth could well have her own public social media account in a few years.


Elisabeth & her smartphone, summer of 2017

zaterdag 20 januari 2018

dinsdag 9 januari 2018

The Children's Godparents

9 December 2001

Princess Elisabeth's godmother is Mathilde's younger sister, Countess Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz.




Her godfather is Philippe's nephew, Prince Amedeo of Belgium.



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 Prince Gabriel's godmother is Baroness Maria Christina von Freyberg (née Rossi di Montelera).



His godfather is Mathilde's younger brother, Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz.



Gabriel was baptized on 25 October 2003, the day his sister Elisabeth turned two!





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10 December 2005

Prince Emmanuel's godmother is Mathilde's younger sister, Countess Elisabeth d'Udekem d'Acoz.




His godfather is Philippe's cousin once-removed, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg.


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Princess Eléonore was baptized at Ciergnon on 14 June 2008.

Her godmothers are Princess Claire of Belgium and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.



Her godfather is Count Sébastien von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg.








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