Crown Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde presided a 9 day trade visit to the USA, visiting New York from 22 to 26 June, Washington from 26 to 29 June and Boston from 29 to 30 June. They headed a delegation of 300 business people. They were accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Steven Vanackere and Walloon Minsiter of Economy, Jean-Claude Marcourt.
Photo opp in Central Park, New York
23 June 2011
Visit to Ground Zero, New York.
Princess Mathilde hosted a breakfast meeting with young Belgians residing and working in
New York City at Belgian chain Le Pain Quotidian in Central Park.
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In the evening there was a signing ceremony at The Waldorf Astoria.
24 June 2011
Princess Mathilde had a breakfast meeting on humanitarian themes at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan.
Then she made a visit to the Tapestry Conservation Department of the Metropolitan Museum.
... and to the synagogue of New York.
In the evening Mathilde & Philippe attended a concert at the Flanders House in New York.
Walk in the Meatpacking Dictrict, New York
26 June 2011
Wreath laying ceremony at the Battle of the Bulge Memorial of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, where Philippe & Mathilde met WWII veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge and liberated Bastogne, Mathilde's home town.
27 June 2011
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Princess Mathilde visited the Jeanne Jugan Residence of the Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington.
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She also attended a reading to children in the Whittal Pavilion at the Library of Congress, before making a tour of the Library of Congress with Philippe.
Evening reception at the Belgian embassy.
28 June 2011
Prince Philippe had a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington.
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