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Old 07-28-2008, 03:24 AM
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Queen paola of Belgium pictured at the Libramont famous Agriculture fair, Sunday 27 July 2008
Didn't prince Laurent and his family visitthe agricultural fair too? On the same day of the queen I think? It would have been nice to see HM in a more relaxed atmosphere with her grandchildren.
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Old 07-28-2008, 03:35 PM
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No they visited a day earlier. And it was not an official, announced visit he just went there with Claire and the kids. He already does that for the 7th time. The visit of the queen was the first official visit of a rayal.
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Q. Paola and king Albert look like very happy couple, it's hard to believe now that their marriage had crisis at some point.
Iceflower, nice pics of Paola. In pic #3 :what queen is exactly eating? Is it flower?
I'm sorry, I don't know what she has tasted there, but to me it also looked
like some rose petals - but from my own experience I must say that they
smell better than they taste
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Old 08-01-2008, 04:36 PM
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As posted by Catherine on the BRMB:

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Article from het Nieuwsblad (summer time )

243 police agents are responsible for the security of the members of the royal family and for guarding the royal castles of Laken, Brussels and Ciergnon. This costs about 14 million euro a year. The federal police will have to make a financial cut of about half a million euro next year, and therefor proposed to put more cameras - who are also more modern and efficient - on the royal domaines. New gates around the residences would also make police lives easier. For example, the castle of Ciergnon is guarded day and night, but is empty most of the year.

Queen Paola has refused the option of more and better cameras because she feels this would intrude (even more) in her private life. A "source" also said "the king and queen do not want to get the feeling they're living in a prison camp".

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=DMF01082008_007
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Old 09-01-2008, 09:32 AM
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King Albert and Queen Paola received their family and a number of cultural vips at the Laeken Palace yesterday, in honour of the 15year reign of King Albert.
Articles in Dutch:
deredactie.be - Koning nodigt achthonderd kunstenaars uit
deredactie.be - "Belangrijk waarom je uitgenodigd wordt"

Today the King received the olympic athletes who won the only two Belgian medals, also in Laeken. They seemed to be having a jolly good time. The King asked Tia Hellebaut to give a demonstration of her jump, but she kindly refused and told him to come to the Memorial Van Damme next weekend.
Couldn't find any pics yet. Maybe later today.

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(Edit Marengo) A thread about king Albert II's 15th jubilee here.
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Old 09-01-2008, 05:03 PM
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Today the King received the olympic athletes who won the only two Belgian medals, also in Laeken.
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Old 09-21-2008, 01:25 PM
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Today the King and Queen were in Ghent to watch the historic parade, which was put together in honour of the 200th anniversary of the Floralies of Ghent. The parade consisted of 35 scenes, which depicted the history of Ghent.

I didn't see the King and Queen, but I did see his Royal Horsemen, they passed me by while I was walking towards the parade. A police officer told me the King and Queen would join the horsemen later. Unfortunately, they watched from the stands at the City hall, which was not where I was meeting my friends. (just my luck)

I do have a nice picture of one of the horsemen, though.
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Old 09-21-2008, 01:43 PM
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Nice the idea of the historical scenes, they performed those in the times of the Dukes of Burgendy too in Ghent, even Charles V got one.

Don't they have the Festival of Flanders (50th edition) this week(end) in Ghent too?
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Old 09-22-2008, 07:56 AM
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Yep, I believe they do. As far as I know the Festival is spread over several weekends. There's a lot going on in Ghent at the moment... But I don't think any Royals will be attending the Festival.

Apparently, it was a very special treat that the Royal Horsemen were allowed to come to Ghent. I nearly started thinking they accompanied the King everywhere he goes (in Belgium that is) but in fact they come out only at major events, like the National Day. So I'm a lucky girl to have seen them in my very neighbourhood!
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lovely pictures thanks ! the queen is always elegante !
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Old 10-02-2008, 09:45 AM
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Queen Paola visiting 'MPI Spermalie' a school for disabled children in Brugge. 10/01/2008.
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Old 10-04-2008, 03:46 PM
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Thats nice from a queen, i alway respet the people who do that kind of things; anyone know about an art or theathre festival in brugge?
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Belgium's Queen Poalo and Princess Astrid pictured during the opening of the exhibition 'Septiformis' (Modern Art) in the the Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele Kathedraal/Cath¿drale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule of Brussels, Belgium on Friday 03 October 2008. The exhibition is a present for Belgian Cardinal Danneels's birthday of the Belgian bishops. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM
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King Albert meets Ingrid Betancourt at the Brussels' Royal Palace, October 8, 2008.
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Old 10-09-2008, 02:41 PM
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King Albert visited the anti-terror department of Belgium, OCAD.
Article in Dutch: deredactie.be - Koninklijk bezoek bij de antiterreurdiensten

Apparently he was very impressed by the professional approach to this international problem.
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Old 10-17-2008, 08:25 AM
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King Albert visiting the noncommissioned officers school Safraanberg. 10/16/2008,
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This is a funny pic!
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Old 10-24-2008, 01:24 PM
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'National Day for Research'. King Albert attends the 80th anniversary ceremony of funds ' Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek' (FWO). 10/23/2008.

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