COMING UP State Visit #19: Kazakhstan

11 October - 14 October 2026

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde will be making a state visit to Kazakhstan. 

The royal couple and their delegation will be visiting Astana and Almaty. 

Symposium of HM The Queen: AI & Health Care Professions

1 October 2026

The third Symposium of Her Majesty the Queen was dedicated to the use of artificial intelligence in health care professions.

Afterwards Mathilde talked with patients who have benefitted from an AI supported treatment. She also met with students in medicine and engineering. 

The symposium was organized by the Royal Academy for Medecine of Belgium, of which Mathilde is an honorary member. 

Flashback: Quality of Life for the Elderly

1 October 2004

Princess Mathilde took part in an academic lecture on "The quality of life, as the years go by" at the Erasme Hospital in Anderlecht.

Visit to Liège

29 September 2026

On their provincial visit, King Philippe & Queen Mathilde made a stop at Le Bercail in Liège, a residential daycare centre for adults with a mental impairment. 

At the Place Saint-Lambert the royal couple made time to greet the public.

A new lady-in-waiting?

Then they went to Seraing to visit the Val Saint-Lambert crystal factory that celebrates its bicentenary. 

After a worklunch where two themes were discussed (industrial reconversion and mental health & addiction issues), they made a visit to the factory and were given a glassblowing demo. 

video: https://www.qu4tre.be/infos/le-roi-philippe-et-la-reine-mathilde-en-visite-a-liege-et-seraing/2016606

Flashback: Government Lunch 2004

28 September 2004

The royal family hosted a lunch at Laeken castle for the Belgian government.

Fashion Flashback: Reading Glasses

Flashback: King Baudouin Support Committee

After the passing of Queen Fabiola, Queen Mathilde became the Honorary President of the King Baudouin Foundation.

Ever since her early princess days, Mathilde has regularly attended the gala nights of the Foundation's regional committees.

28 June 2001
Princess Mathilde and Crown prince Philippe of Belgium are welcomed by René Mannekens, President of the East-Flanders support committee of the King Baudouin Foundation at the committee's gala evening in Ghent.

15 May 2003

Gala night of the King Baudouin Foundation in Antwerp.

26 May 2005
in Ghent.

31 May 2006

Gala in Kortrijk organized by the West-Flanders branch of KBS/FRB.

24 May 2007
Twelfth gala to support the King Baudouin Foundation in Antwerp.

26 September 2007
Gala evening organised by the support committee of Oost-Vlaanderen for the King Baudouin Foundation in Ghent.

29 April 2009

KBS Gala evening in Antwerp.

23 September 2009
Crown prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde at the Handelsbeurs in Ghent for the gala evening of the King Baudouin Foundation.

10 May 2011

Gala for the Antwerp support committee, held at the Felix Pakhuis in Antwerp.

September 2011

Gala evening at the Handelsbeurs in Ghent.

20 September 2012
KBS Gala night in Kortrijk.