He's decided that he's going to hang in his sofa in May. Yeah right. If you have a look at the agenda of the monarchy, you'll see some activities listed. Every day he's at his office going through Belgian news, activities, politics with his advisors and collaborators. He has meetings at the palace, he prepares economic missions and other economic activities. Much of these events are not made public (because lobbying & getting somewhere happens behind closed doors). Filip is not some media star for whom doing something is the same as appearing somewhere and his picture being taken. He's someone who takes his job seriously and he works pretty hard too!