Mental Health & the Elderly + Sustainable Value Chains

31 March 2022

Queen Mathilde hosted a round table  with experts on mental health problems among the elderly population, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Second activity: as SDG advocate of the United Nations, Queen Mathilde opened the event "Sustainable Value Chains: from legislation to action" at the Atelier des tanneurs in Brussels.

The event, organized by The Shift, wants to create awareness among businesses, NGOs and state institutions of the means they have to empower each other in choosing to respect human rights and sustainable development.

Mathilde: "Moving from principle to practice to create and maintain sustainable value chains requires legal rules, transparency, responsibility, and due diligence. For smaller companies the task might sometimes look complex and arduous. Exchanging best practices and sharing experience, as you will today, is one way to help close the gap. Cooperation with local actors will be key. "

Visit to Namur + Springtime Concert 2022

30 March 2022

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde started their visit to the Province of Namur at the Ecole Provinciale d’Agronomie et des Sciences of Ciney, where they took part in a round table on the future of farming.

Afterwards they had a meeting with the local population at the Place Monseu of Ciney.

Philippe & Mathilde were then driven to Anseremme where they got on board a boat of the Compagnie des Croisières Mosanes, which took them to the Castle of Freÿr in Hastière.

In the evening, back at the Royal Palace in Brussels, the King & Queen hosted their annual Spring Concert. The audience was made up of medical personnel, who's received a thank you invite from Court, for all the work they have done during the pandemic.

The Belgian quartet MP4 who played Schubert were accompanied by dancers from 2MAD dance school in Charleroi. 

Service of Thanksgiving for the life of The Duke of Edinburgh

29 March 2022

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde were in London, at Westminster Abbey, for a Remembrance Service in honour of the late Prince Philipp, Duke of Edinburgh.

Because of the COVID-19 restrictions only the closest family members had been allowed to attend the Duke's funeral in April 2021.

Princess Beatrix, Queen Maxima & King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

Queen Silvia & King Carl Gustav of Sweden, followed by Princess Christina of Sweden.

Queen Letizia & King Felipe of Spain.
Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Princess Marie-Chantal & Prince Pavlos of Greece with former Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Flora Ogilvy & Tim Vesterberg.
Lady Gabriella Windsor & Tom Kingston.

Lady Rose Windsor & George Gilman.

Lady Helen Taylor and her son, Cassius Taylor.
Lord David Linley and his daughter, Margarita Armstrong-Jones.

Lady Amelia Winsor.
Peter Phillips and his daughters, Isla and Savannah Phillips.

Zarah Tindall.

Prince & Princess Michael of Kent.

Princess Beatrice of York & Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
Princess Eugenie of York & Jack Brooksbank.

The Marquess of Cholmondeley & Lady Rose Hanbury. 

Duke & Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George and Princess Charlotte of Wales.

Prince Bernhard & Princess Stephanie von Baden.

Queen Elizabeth II arrived with Prince Andrew.

Leaving the Abbey.

The Countess of Wessex and her son, James Viscount Severn.
Princess Louise of Wessex.
The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester.

Mike & Zara Tindall with their daughter, Mia Tindall, followed by Lord Frederick Windsor & Sophie Winkleman.

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. In the back: Prince Philipp's godson, Prince Philippos of Greece & Nina Flohr.

Princess Margharita & Prince Radu of Romania.

The Belgian King & Queen had flown to London aboard a Belgian jet, stopping first in the Netherlands to pick up the Dutch royals, who flew with them! 

Granddaughters of the Dukes of Kent, cousins Zenouska Mowatt & Flora Ogilvy getting ready to leave in the morning.

After the Service, Prince Charles hosted a reception at Clarence House.