Flashback: Pregnant!

7 May 2001

Crown Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde with their dog Kinga gave a press conference at the Laeken royal greenhouses where the couple announced they were expecting their first child. 

Mathilde sounded tired and nearly fragile talking to the press. She said: "Whether it's a boy or a girl is of no importance to us, we will love the child with all of our heart". She added she was feeling well and that she planned to continue studying for her psychology degree, taking her final exams in June, but that she was also taking it one step at a time. 

Philippe added he wished to support his wife as much as he could.