It’s School Time for the Young Belgians

Today, Thursday September 1st, the four children of Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde started their first day of the 2016-2017 school year.

Queen Mathilde accompanied the Duchess of Brabant (4th year of secondary education), Prince Gabriel (2nd year secondary) and Princess Eleonore (3rd year primary education) to the Sint-Jans Berchmans College, a Dutch school in Brussels.

In the meantime King Philippe accompanied Prince Emmanuel (6th year of primary education) to the Eureka School in Kessel-Lo.

For the occasion the Belgian Royal Court released a picture and a video of the four children posing in front of the stairs of the Palace. The picture was also published to the new Instagram account of the Belgian Royal Family.

#BackToSchool pic.twitter.com/50LHylic6K

— Belgian Royal Palace (@MonarchieBe) September 1, 2016

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Tagged Education, King Philippe of the Belgians, Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, Prince Gabriel of Belgium, Princess Eléonore of Belgium, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, The Duchess of Brabant.

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