QEC: Award Ceremony

6 June 2017

Queen Mathilde handed out the award to Victor Julien-Laferrière, the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for cello 2017, at the royal music chapel of Argenteuil.

Clotilde Boël acted as lady-in-waiting.

With Stephane Deneve, conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic, and his family.

Flashback: Elisabeth's first stamp

In the summer of 2002 these stamps of princess Elisabeth were released.

QEC 2017 - Finals

Queen Mathilde attends the final sessions of the Queen Elisabeth Competition at Bozar in Brussels.

Monday 29th of May 2017

Queen Mathilde was accompanied by her husband, king Philippe.

Melissa Maas acted as lady-in-waiting.

video: https://www.facebook.com/concoursreineelisabethRTBF/videos/1313092782072012/

Wednesday 31st of May 2017

Queen Mathilde was accompanied by princess Sarvath al-Hassan of Jordan and the Duchess of Gloucester.

Thursday 1st of June 2017

Queen Mathilde was accompanied by her son, prince Gabriel (13).

Saturday 3rd June 2017

At the last session of the finals, the queen was accompanied by crown princess Elisabeth (15).

Around midnight Victor Julien-Larrière was proclaimed as the winner. Mathilde & Elisabeth had watched him perform earlier in the evening.

White and Yellow Cross

1 June 2017

Queen Mathilde visited the HQ of home nursing organisation "Wit-Gele Kruis" in Ledeberg.

video: http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/programmas/journaal/2.50124?video=1.2994096

Mathilde first visited the company's HQ and afterwards accompanied a nurse on two of his visits.

video: https://www.facebook.com/wit.gele.kruis.oost.vlaanderen/videos/1491447187584476/

Melissa Maas acted as-lady-in-waiting.

video: http://www.avs.be/avsnews/80-jaar-wit-gele-kruis-koningin-mathilde-bezoekt-hoofdkantoor-ledeberg