18 April 2005
Crown Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde, who was expecting her third child, visited the WWII memorial in Washington.
Frans Van Daele was the Belgian ambassador in the US. He would later become King Philippe's first chef de cabinet.
They talked to American veterans who had liberated Mathilde's home town Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
In the evening they attended a reception at the Belgian embassy.
19 April 2005
At the University of Georgetown Mathilde gave a speech on microcredits.
A visit to the Gallaudet Campus for American Sign Language and deaf studies.
Meetings at the World Bank.
At the Belgian embassy: the President of the World Bank was awarded a Belgian distinction.
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