WWI Commemorations in Berlin

23 November 2018

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde spent a day in Berlin at the invitation of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to commemorate the end of the First World War, 100 years ago.

The king & queen were welcomed at Schloss Bellevue by the president and his wife.

In the afternoon they visited the Rotes Rathaus city hall and attended a wreath laying ceremony at the Neue Wache monument.

Philippe and Mathilde visited the Deutsches Historisches Museum and the Käthe Kollwitz Museum.

video: https://vrtnws.be/p.4n8mqelXY

The visit ended at the Berliner Philharmonic with a rendition of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis conducted by Belgian Jan Caeyers.

The king & queen were joined by former President Joachim Gauck and his wife Daniela Schadt with whom they seem to have established a friendship.