Entourage: La Maison du Roi

Newspaper Le Soir was allowed to photograph king Philippe & queen Mathilde with all of their advisors, the royal household. 

Also included are their GP and vicountess Laurence de Ghellinck, one of Mathilde's ladies-in-waiting who was at the palace that day.

Waterloo

18 June 2015

Two hundred years after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, King Philippe & Queen Mathilde attended the remembrance ceremony at the Lion's Mound in Waterloo.

The most important guests were King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Prince Blücher, Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon, the Duke of Kent, Arthur Wellesley, the Marquess of Douro and his wife Jemma Kidd, the Marchioness of Douro.

Afterwards Philippe & Mathilde hosted a lunch for the heads of state, the government leaders and the descendants of the main commanders of the 1815 battlefield.

They also visited the new memorial.

Waterloo -1

17 June 2015

The day before the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, King Philippe & Queen Mathilde hosted a reception at the castle of Laeken for the Hereditary Grand Dukes of Luxembourg, and for the descendants of the 4 main commanders of the Waterloo battlefield: Prince Blücher (Prussia), Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon (France), Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Oranje-Nassau (Netherlands) and Lord Arthur Wellesley, the Marquess of Douro (Britain).

The Marquess of Douro was accompanied by his wife, Lady Jemma Kidd.

Bullying

16 June 2015

Queen Mathilde hosted a roundtable on solutions to bullying. The debate was held at the royal palace in Brussels.