Royal Family of Belgium: Currents Events, Part 3


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Some older pictures: King Albert, Queen Paola, Prince Filip and Princess Mathilde receive representatives of the NAVO, 14/01/2003

Thank you for the pictures Jelka. Great you're able to post pictures from Isopix, and I haven't seen some of these before. :)
 
Great job jelka :)


Isopix has really good quality photos.
 
It was really a great event, also to celebrate 175 years of Belgium and to prove that Belgians are still united (in fun :)). In twelve cities in the country people came to the market square to dance the same dance at the same moment, a new invented dance ( by Belgian choreographe Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker) to a Belgian song "Ik hou van u" (" I love you"), a sweet little waltz from a Flemish singer - for the occasion the song had also been released in French.

It was a great success, I think 40.000 people participated.

The king and queen came to watch in Ieper (Flanders). Filip danced along in Eupen (german speaking part of Belgium) and Laurent in La Roche (Wallonia).

Here are some pics from Belga
 

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Also to celebrate 175 years of Belgium a big motoparade was organized from the Panne (at the coast) to Brussels, retracing the route Leopold I made when he came to Belgium to accept the throne. The mayor of Brussels led the parade on his motorbike.

King Albert II came to greet the bikers at their arrival, which was greatly appreciated.

Albert used to be a motorfreak himself (one of the reasons why he's very popular in Belgium), but he gave it up a few years ago (he's 71 after all) after he fell and broke his ankle.

One of the bikers offered him a ride but he said "I'ts very kind of you, but I promised the queen I woudn't do it anymore. And there are too many witnesses here to break that promise" :)

He did pose on one of the motorbikes.

Here's a video :

http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_master/default/nieuws/overzicht/050717Motorrijders/index.html
 
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BRUSSELS, BEGIUM - JULY 17: Brussels Mayor Freddy Thielemans (L) lends his Harley Davidson to King Albert of Belgium near the Heysel Stadion on July 17, 2005 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Mark Renders/Getty Images)
 

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Blankenberghe sand sculpture festival., in Blankenberghe, Belgium,20050715
photo from newscom
#1: King Albert and Queen Paola
#2: King Albert
#3: King Leopold the 1st
 

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how long as albert been a king now
and have i missed a thread about news on him and paula
 
Corazon, I'd love to see the photos but can't get them on this website -- can you post any? Thanks.
 
Emily, here are the photos.

Source: LFI
 

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And two ore from ABACA PRESS
 

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Wondeful! I'm glad to see them :)

Paola and Albert both look so young in these pics and it's great to see the children again. Elisabeth is adorable in that dress. Every time I see her she seems to look a bit different, that's normal at her age of course, so I'm really glad they regularly allow photos.
 
a few more from Abaca.
 

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Thank you all for these wonderful new and old pictures.:) Nice to get some pictures of them on vacation, and Elisabeth and Gabriel are too cute and sweet.
 
These are photos from June 2005. Albert and Paola were at a gala dinner and fashion show (Belgian fashion and gastronomy of course :)) for the 175th anniversary of belgium.
 

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more from this event
 

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Paola with her good friend, Edouard Vermeulen, designer of Natan.
 

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and the last ones:
 

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2 September 2005:

The new city center of Sint-Niklaas (East Flanders) was officially opened by king Albert and queen Paola.



After the king and queen were welcomed by a big crowd of children in the Waasland Shopping Center, they went to the cinelma "Siniscoop" to view a film on the renewal of the city, and after that king Albert was at a memorial service for WWII, where Belgian and British war veterans were present.

The queen visited a new wing of the school "Zonneken" for autistic children. Afterwards she visited "snoezeltuin", a home for the elderly.

After these visits, the king and queen went to the town hall where an official reception took place, and they watched hot air balloons lift up. (I believe the city is known for it). Then they went to the market square for the traditional "bain de foule" and the visit was ended at the regional tourist office.
 
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Images from belga
 

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Some older pictures from Isopix, May 8th, 2003: Reception in the Royal Greenhouses in Laeken offered by the King and the Queen in honour of the topsportsman 2002-2003.
 

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Some more:
 

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