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A truly lovely family, they exude love.
They really do! Well-said!
A truly lovely family, they exude love.
A truly lovely family, they exude love.
From the documentaries of the first 500 days of Philippe's reign
- VRT: (Dutch), 29 min.) Eén - Koppen - Ik, Filip | Eén
- RTL (French, 20 minutes) Les 500 jours du Roi Philippe du 3 décembre 2014, info : RTBF Vidéo
- RTBF (French, 3.30 min. introduction) Les 500 jours du Roi Philippe du 3 décembre 2014, info : RTBF Vidéo
Short clips:
playing football: Filip voetbalt in de tuin met de kinderen | VTM
preparing for 20k: Filip traint voor de 20 km door Brussel | VTM
cycling thorugh Brussels: De koninklijke familie op de fiets in Brussel | VTM
various with children: Place Royale -Toutes les vidéos - RTL TVI
preparations for a state dinner: 500 jours de règne : Dans les coulisses d'un dîner d'Etat au château de Laeken - Vidéo - RTL TVI
The King's Dutch is more fluent, it seems to be greatly improved. The queen speaks Dutch well too, but with a stronger accent. Pss. Elisabeth speaks it as if it is her 1st language.
The Queen follows music history classes to improve her knowledge, as she is the patron of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.
If looking at the children didn't make you melt yet: in the end of the documentary of the VRT, Philippe puts a flower in Mathilde's hair...
Conclusion of the VRT reporter: expectations were low but the first 500 days went well. The government formation went well. The king could be more relaxed, he finds his image very important. Maybe a bit too much thought goes into certain matters.
When people says they don't show enough love, and that you feel they are together because it was an arranged marriage, I always wonder if they look at the family. Come on, they are absolutely in love and so cute. And Q.Mathilde and K.Philippe looks like they are really devoted parents.
Queen Mathilde and her siblings have founded the Groupement Forestier de Losange (GFL).This foundation has a port folio of 3,33 million euros, mainly the castle of Losange and the land around the castle. This foundation has to prevent the property from getting scattered upon the death of one of the siblings: if one sibling dies, the remaining ones will get their share. The queen's share is valued at 675.000,- euros.
It is a common construction for aristocratic Belgian families. Reactions in the press have been surprisingly understanding.
Mathilde stelt familiefortuin veilig in vennootschap - HLN.be
Mathilde brengt gronden onder in vennootschappen - De Standaard
The VRT documentary with English subtitles, "A Year in the Life of King Filip"
Many thanks! Very helpful!
We now know history ancient or modern is not the Duchess of Brabant's forte Seriously, this was neat. I'd like to see one for the Fred, WA and so on.
The only information I have about this family is from this board (we have absolutely no news about royals in America except for the Brits and the odd tidbit from Monaco) but from what I have seen from them I am quite impressed. They look like truly loving parents and from all accounts their children look well loved and adjusted.
This! If the government thinks the head-of.-state cant travel on commercial planes than they have to deal with the consequences or change the law. Why should Philippe pay more than the first-class ticket for a security measure that he is obliged to fulfil.If they want him to pay than they will have to allow him to travel on regular aircraft or charge them regular prices.
Princess Elisabeth our Heir travelled in normal aircraft with a bodyguard.
I was impressed to see how the King and Queen were holding hands and comforting each other during Queen Fabiola's funeral. I don't know if they are in love or if their marriage was "arranged", but they seem to be very close and , I must agree, are absolutely devoted to their children.
feel sorry for Elisabeth having to travel for such a long distance by herself, but I am sure she has a great relationship with her bodyguard! And maybe there were other staff members with her.
The Royal Family wishes us all Happy Holidays
https://twitter.com/MonarchieBe/status/547718679115612160
Beautiful picture, I love what Elisabeth is wearing
I wonder if president Obama pays from his pocket when he flies to Hawaii on Air Force One for his family vacation. Or if he pays for his security detail while on vacation.
New family photoshoot:
La Monarchie belge: Accueil - Actualités - Photos - Photos de famille - Leurs Majestés le Roi et la Reine et Leurs enfants (décembre 2014)
They look as if they were taken straight away from a model catalog, what a good looking family!
Thanks so much for posting these beautiful pictures.
I wonder if the Belgian Royal palace knows anything about HD camera?!!!!
MTE, sometimes the pics in the official Twitter are frustrating like 260px or something.
These should have been released in HQ but I guess one could find them in that quality in a photoagency somewhere
Yeah, it's very bad, such beautiful pictures and no decent quality
Gabriel is becoming more handsome day by day, too bad our ages don't match, too bad