Emperor Naruhito's Enthronement

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde were among the many royal guests at the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito of Japan and the ceremonies that followed. However they didn't stay for the full duration of the festivities as they had to be back in Belgium in time for the official ceremony celebrating their daughter Elisabeth's 18th birthday.

21 October 2019

Arrival in Japan.

King Jigme of Buthan

Prince Albert II of Monaco

King Felipe & Queen Letizia of Spain

Meeting with Halima Yacoub, the President of Singapore. Diplomatic and trade relations between Belgium & Singapore were discussed.

Dit bericht bekijken op Instagram

Pleased to meet His Majesty King Philippe and Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Kingdom of Belgium today. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ At our meeting, we reaffirmed the warm bilateral ties between Singapore and Belgium. We discussed the importance of upholding the principles of free trade and rules based multilateralism. In this regard, we look forward to the early entry into force of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, which would further expand cooperation between our two regions. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ MCI Photo by Fyrol

Een bericht gedeeld door Halimah Yacob (@halimahyacob) op 22 Okt 2019 om 1:13 (PDT)

22 October 2019

Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan.

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar.

President of Slovakia, Zuzana Caputova.

Nicolas Sarkozy, former PM of France.

Emperor Naruhito & Empress Masako on their way to the Imperial Palace.

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde at the Belgian embassy in Tokyo, and on audience with PM Abe.

Arriving at the enthronement ceremony.

King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of the Netherlands.

Crown Prince Frederik & Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
Queen Letizia of Spain.

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

King Carl Gustav & Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

The Prince of Wales.

The Sultan of Brunei.

King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia.

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen & his wife, Doris Schmidauer.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier & his wife, Elke Büdenbender.

Chief Excecutive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lang.

Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda.

13:00 Enthronement Ceremony.

20:00 Court banquet.

Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco

The King & Queen of Malaysia.

In this video you can see Mathilde chatting to the King & Queen of Bhutan.

The guests at the banquet received this silver bonbonnière as a souvenir.

Even though the official festivities continued, King Philippe & Queen Mathilde left after the banquet. They'd spent 24 hours in Japan and had to return to Belgium in time for their eldest daughter Elisabeth's 18th birthday celebrations.

A photo shared by the Belgian embassy in Japan.

23 October 2019

Tea party hosted by the new Japanese Emperor and Empress.

Dinner hosted by PM Abe.