King Philippe & Queen Mathilde received two Belgian actors, Annie Geeraerts and Ray Verhaeghe at the royal palace. Both of them will be 100 this year and they've been playing a couple in the same TV soap opera for the past thirty years.
They've even been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as "oldest soap opera couple".
video: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/07/15/familie-acteurs-annie-en-ray-bij-koning-filip/
video: https://www.hln.be/showbizz/koninklijke-eer-voor-familie-iconen-annie-geeraerts-en-ray-verhaeghe-op-audientie-bij-filip-en-mathilde-voor-100ste-verjaardag~a9a00d50/
A nice way to underline that every Belgian who turns a hundred years old receives an autographed picture of the King & Queen. Their local authority has to signal this to court, but in most towns and villages this has become a habit. The mayor then hands over the portrait.
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