Recap: Seasonal Concerts

28 October 1999: Autumn concert

14 November 2000: Ballet & concert for the Festival de Wallonie and Festival van Vlaanderen

24 October 2002: Autumn concert

23 October 2003: Autumn Jazz concert with Philip Catherine

2004: Autumn concert

26 October 2011: Autumn concert

24 October 2012: Autumn concert

17 October 2013: Autumn concert

15 October 2014: Autumn concert

21 October 2015: Autumn concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2015/10/autumn-concert.html

19 October 2016: Autumn concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2016/10/autumn-concert-2016.html

19 October 2017: Autumn concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2017/10/autumn-concert-2017.html

9 November 2018: Autumn & Armistice concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2018/11/armistice-concert.html

28 February 2019: Springtime concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2019/03/spring-concert-2019.html

5 March 2020: Springtime concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2020/03/spring-concert-2020.html

30 March 2022: Springtime concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2022/03/visit-to-namur-spring-concert-2022.html

13 March 2025: Springtime concert

More: https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2025/03/springtime-concert-2025.html

Flashback: Visit to Vlaams-Brabant

5 March 2013

Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde visited the towns Gooik and Herne.

In Gooik they visited the educational center Paddenbroek.

The provincial visit ended with a stop at community center De Clam where the mayors of the neighbouring towns had gathered to meet the princely couple.

Local watercolour artist Herman Dewit presented a book with his work to the couple.

Among the guests at the reception were Mathilde's uncle, Count Raoul d'Udekem and his wife, Françoise de Maere d'Aertrycke, inhabitants of Herne. The count told a local reporter that they'd been able to have a short chat with their niece at the reception. He added that Mathilde is frequently in touch with one of his daughters and that via her she knew about everything that had been going on in his family, like a bad fall he'd made at the beginning of the year. 

And then there was a final walkabout to say goobye.

Flashback: Nutricia

 28 September 2001

Crown Prince Philippe & 8 month pregnant Princess Mathilde visited nutrition factory Nutricia in Bornem.

The factory offered the royal couple an appropriate basket full of useful products for new parents.

The director of the board, René Mannekens was also the founder of the Oost-Vlaanderen branch of the King Baudouin Foundation.

Mathilde's first baby, Elisabeth, was born 4 weeks later.

Book: Een kikker om te kussen

3 March 2010

Princess Mathilde visited "Le Wolf", a center for children & literature in Brussels.

She read from the book "Qui veut embrasser la grenouille?" (in French) and its Dutch version, "Een kikker om te kussen". The book is a collection of children's stories for which Mathilde wrote the preface.

Flashback: Trade Visit to the United Arab Emirates

23 October - 29 October 2009

Prince Philippe presided a Belgian trade mission to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Mathilde was present for just a part of the mission. In Dubai she visited the world's largest aquarium, and she adressed the students of Abu Dhabi's female university. 

29 October 2009

Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde at a reception organised by the Belgian Embassy, at the Belgian Beer Cafe in Dubai, UAE.

Jewels: Fabiola's Brooch

Around 2011, Queen Fabiola (1928-2014) gifted a 19th century diamond brooch to Mathilde. 

According to Vincent Meylan, King Baudouin bought the brooch for his wife in 1983 at an auction in Geneva.

Mathilde has been wearing the impressive brooch for big occasions.