Queen Mathilde

maandag 7 augustus 2023

Before the Enthronement: Prelude & Bal National 2013

20 July 2013

On the eve of the big day, King Albert II's abdication and King Philippe's enthronement, the Belgian royals assisted at the traditional Prelude concert at Bozar.

Afterwards the Royal Couple and the Crown Princely Couple also went to see the Bal National at the Place du Jeu de Balle.

zaterdag 5 augustus 2023

Fashion Flashback: Elisabeth's Shoes

PUMPS

SLINGBACKS

SANDALS

PEEPTOES

WEDGES

LOAFERS

ANKLE BOOTS

BOOTS

TRAINERS

vrijdag 4 augustus 2023

Eléonore Changes Schools

4 August 2023

On 1 September 2023, Princess Eléonore (15) will be starting the schoolyear at a new school: the International School of Brussels, the private english speaking school that both her older brothers have also attended.

She won't be crossing the threshold on her own, as her brother Emmanuel (17) will be heading back there as well, to start his final year of secondary school. Eléonore will start in the 4th year of secondary school.

This means all of Philippe & Mathilde's children will have followed a part of their secondary education in English, even though only Elisabeth has been the more adventurous one, actually moving abroad to Wales before she was 18.

So far Eléonore has had her complete formation in Dutch: first at the Sint Jan Berchmans College of Brussels and later at the Heilig Hart School of Wezembeek-Oppem. The Princess is no doubt fluent in English, like every other Belgian teenager. At home she speaks French.