Royal Family of Belgium: Current Events Part 4

[Hannelore]

More photos from this new years reception, from Isopx, with Jelka's kind help.

[Hannelore]

more from Isopix

[Hannelore]

and the last ones...

[Emily]

Great collaborative effort, you guys! The pictures continue to be lovely and I notice new things each time. Are they in the Royal Palace or the Palace at Laeken? The bright chandeliers with the gold and red are sooo beautiful.

[Emily]

Purple Platinum -- Thanks also for telling me what SHAPE stands for. I have another question -- who is the couple in quite a few pictures -- the man is wearing a blue tie and his wife is in the pink/raspberry/burgundy jacket?

[Hannelore]

Gold = royal palace
White = Laken.

That's how I remember it.

That man is Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato secretary-general (and his wife I suppose).

[Maxie]

Originally Posted by Emily

Purple Platinum -- Thanks also for telling me what SHAPE stands for. I have another question -- who is the couple in quite a few pictures -- the man is wearing a blue tie and his wife is in the pink/raspberry/burgundy jacket?

That's Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the secretary general of the NATO. Before that he was minister of foreign affairs in the Netherlands and I think the woman next to him is his wife... :)

[Emily]

Thanks Hannelore and Maxie. OK -- now if I can remember which color goes to which palace...
...and not a bad obsession, Maxie. An older friend of mine has collected their Christmas plates for years, has them placed around her living room like a border, and they are so beautiful to look at.

[Maxie]

Originally Posted by Emily

and not a bad obsession, Maxie. An older friend of mine has collected their Christmas plates for years, has them placed around her living room like a border, and they are so beautiful to look at.

Oh, but I like them too! It's just that I'm obsessed by them due to some vaguely artistic and Holland themed project I'm involved in (and that's keeping me out of sleep at the moment...in combination with some term papers I have to write for university... ). You should go and see my profile picture, then you'll understand... I made something that could go straight into any souvenir shop in the whole of old and very touristic Amsterdam... :p

But on topic again: I just wanted to say that I really really liked Mathildes jacket. It's such a classical print and it looked lovely on her. She was all charms, as usual. :)

[fanletizia]

Belgium's Queen Paola and her grandson Prince Joachim visit artist Panamarenko's exhibition in Brussels

from newscom

More images from polfoto

[Emily]

How nice to see Queen Paola out with one of the grandchildren! I wonder if this is Joachim's first 'official visit'? What is this exhibit about?

[mandyy]

Belgian Queen Paola (C) and Prince Joachim (Second/L background) walk with Belgian conceptual artist Panamarenko as they paid a visit to his exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum of Brussels, 18 January 2006.

Photo from ANP

[fanletizia]

Images from getty

[purple_platinum]

from belgapic

[purple_platinum]

last ones from belgapic

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Originally Posted by Emily

How nice to see Queen Paola out with one of the grandchildren! I wonder if this is Joachim's first 'official visit'? What is this exhibit about?

I think this is his first official visit yes, although he and his sister Louisa also accompanied Paola once to a ping pong match.

Here's more info on Panamarenko and his work (in English):

http://www.panamarenko.be/home.php

[...JuAnItA...]

Thanks for the photos, purple_platinum!