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Hello Duchessmary, and welcome to TRF. You "move up" in rank by your number of posts, just like you guessed. It is al explained here: Newbie: 10 or fewer posts Commoner: 11 to 50 posts Gentry: from 51 to 100 posts Aristocracy: 101 to 250 posts Nobility: 251 to 500 posts Courtier: 501 to...

Indeed! Only yesterday I couldn't find an official statement yet. :biggrin:

Rumour has it Princess Astrid will be the new honorary President of Damiaanactie - Action Damien, taking the place of Queen Fabiola who resigned from the post because her health was too fragile to continue. article in French (la libre belgique) and Dutch (nieuwsblad) This weekend, the yearly...

I think the title of Baron was always transferred to the firstborn. The family were barons since 1816. Even before that they were nobility, only without titles. Princess Mathilde's father was indeed a "jonkheer" or Sir/Lord. His eldest brother received the title of Baron. Mathilde herself was a...

During a "walking lunch" the crown princely couple would have more opportunity to talk to everyone present, whereas during a "sitting lunch" they would only be able to talk to the people in their immediate proximity. Moreover, sitting people around a table brings with it the problem of ranking...

All posts regarding Guillaume's personality test etc have been deleted. If you want to discuss such chitchat, you can do it here. This is NOT considered appropriate for this forum, as nobody knows what the result of Guillaume's personality test would be like. Please do not continue on this...

They did arrest someone, but he claimed to be innocent and they didn't have enough proof to keep him under arrest or to take it to court. It is a very sorry business indeed. Threaten to kill the old lady if she doesn't enter a convent? Come on... Some people are just nuts.

The website works for me. try www.monarchie.be/nl You can pick any other language in the top left corner.

Another threat has been received by the Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure. This time they received a postcard, on which a coffin was drawn, with the text "more than 7 months to live.." The card was sent in an envelope from a bank, and posted in Charleroi. On the postcard itself, the sender...

January 2010 11th: Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde attend a lunch during the Diplomatic Days, at the Egmont II Palace in Brussels. 13th: In the afternoon, Prince Philippe attends the official opening of the 88th "European Motor Show Brussels" at Brussels Expo. 14th: King Albert II...

As maria-olivia says, this is only true insofar that King Baudouin wanted to make sure the line of succession didn't end at Prince Laurent. Not necessarily because he didn't want Prince Laurent to become King, but more because Princess Astrid was married and had children, so in the event that...

I don't think that is known for sure. As far as I know, the princess receives a yearly dotation of around 300.000 euro, and her husband still works and sits in several management boards of important companies, for which he receives a salary. How much and what they actually own is not publicly...

King Albert's Christmas message in Dutch and French (videos) Also the written texts: Dutch and French The King started by saying how his thoughts go out to those who suffer from the economic crisis. However, he also emphasised the country had a lot of positive things to remember about this...

The children of her sons (if their marriage is accepted by the Head of the Habsburg house, I think it has to be) will receive the Habsburg titles of course: Archduke/duchess of Austria-Este, and the son of Amedeo will carry on the title of Duke of Modena. As for their daughters' children, I...

MAfan also wrote an interesting blog to celebrate the 100th anniversary of King Albert's accession to the throne, which is today: 1909-2009 The accession of King Albert I I didn't know about the exhibition, I should go see!

A list of current links where you can find info about the Belgian royals. Feel free to add. The official website (spiffy new version since December 2009): The Belgian Monarchy: Home (EN) Die Monarchie in Belgien: Home (DE) La Monarchie belge: Accueil (FR) De Belgische Monarchie: Home (NL)

I'm really glad the Belgian website is finally remodeled. It looks a lot nicer now, even if the texts are still as stiff as they used to be.... guess you can't have it all :lol:

I'm not sure, but I think it was built shortly after Albert became King. Before that, Princess Astrid and her family lived in Switzerland, and when they returned at first they lived at Stuyvenberg. So I think it is no older than 15 years.

:previous: Prince Amedeo will probably have to find a house for himself. The palaces and houses in the Royal Trust are for use of the entire royal family, but first and foremost the King and his children. The royal family or Belgian government cannot provide houses for each of the twelve...

Princess Astrid and family - general questions I think it is, yes. :flowers:

The Tech team is still trying to solve some last problems, those profile pictures are one of them. The blog should be restored by now.

He looks very relaxed. Nice to see him out and about in such a worthy cause.

Prince Laurent was present at the start of the annual charity radio show of Studio Brussel, "Music for Life" http://www.theroyalforums.com/14171-prince-laurent-kicks-off-music-for-life/

The King opens up some buildings for the homeless: http://www.theroyalforums.com/14169-king-albert-opens-doors-for-the-homeless/ deredactie.be: Koning biedt asielzoekers onderkomen aan (deredactie.be)

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