Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde - Current Events part 15

[Empress]

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[HRH Kerry]

Originally Posted by crm2317

She looks wonderful and is glowing. I was wondering if that is Mathilde's naturel figure after 3 children or is there another bundle of joy going to be announced soon? Maybe it is just my wishful thinking

I'm not really sure myself but she still looks wonderful. Guess we have to wait and see or at the least wait for an official annoucement.

[magnik]

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On this photo she remind me Elisabeth

Thanks to stephaniev for the photo.

[marilla]

She is very pretty in pink. In this dress she remind me again Princess Grace (I think that first time she looks like Grace in Luxemburg).
I don't think that she is pregnant but who knows?

[Aurora810]

Originally Posted by magnik

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On this photo she remind me Elisabeth

Thanks to stephaniev for the photo.

Thanks for the picture. She looks beautiful and I love the style of the dress as well as the color. I wish there were a few more pics of the couple together. But nice to see them out and about. The Prince really looks very distinguished. Does anyone think that Mathilde's hair looks shorter or has that already been discussed? It looks a little shorter to me there for awhile I thought she might let it grow some but I'm not thinking that anymore.

[Eliza]

She really looks stunning and beautiful in the pink dress...
A truely classy and elegant princess and honestly i don't think enough credit is given to both her and the CP.

[Jelka]

Originally Posted by leanne

When is the next time we will see Princess Mathilde?

Tomorrow there's a concert which the entire Belgian royal family - including Mathilde - will attend at the Royal Palace

[alexandresylvie]

06/06/07

Prince Philippe puts back the Price Francqui on 2007 to the prize-winner, Mr François de Callata ÿ, to the Palace of Academies(Regional education authorities) in Brussels (LINK Belga.be) BelgaPicture

[crm2317]

Originally Posted by Jelka

Tomorrow there's a concert which the entire Belgian royal family - including Mathilde - will attend at the Royal Palace

Does that include the children?

[leanne]

PPE Agency

link to photos of the concert. Mathilde looks stunningas always.

[detta]

Mathilde looks fantastic! Her dress, her shoes and especially her earrings are wonderful!

[martha-louise]

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[Chimene]

I love Mathilde! She's so charming, reserved, discreet and overall a solid woman. At times, her style is too old fashioned for my taste, but it suits her very well. Those earrings are gorgeous! Thanks for the pics.

[Henri M.]

Sorry to break the sugarcake most posters seems to see over the unstable Belgian monarchy.

Now it is Prince Philippe who is under fire.

In the Nineties the Prince borrowed antique furniture from the Royal Palace in Antwerp. A building that was long very neglected and in detoriation: it has not been used for decades.

But the Flemish Government, owner of the building, is restoring it to old splendour and wants the missing furniture to be returned to the Palace. Despite numerous requests, the Court has not reacted.

The Flemish Minister of Housing has now threathened to summon the Prince before Court if he has not handed over the 'illegal' furniture to the rightful owner (= the Flemish Government). See article.

The Prince has 'borrowed', amongst other items, a bed made for Joséphine de Beauharnais, the spouse of Napoleon, an antique marble fireplace, an exclusive wooden cabinet, etc.

[Aquarela]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

Sorry to break the sugarcake most posters seems to see over the unstable Belgian monarchy.

Now it is Prince Philippe who is under fire.

In the Nineties the Prince borrowed antique furniture from the Royal Palace in Antwerp. A building that was long very neglected and in detoriation: it has not been used for decades.

But the Flemish Government, owner of the building, is restoring it to old splendour and wants the missing furniture to be returned to the Palace. Despite numerous requests, the Court has not reacted.

The Flemish Minister of Housing has now threathened to summon the Prince before Court if he has not handed over the 'illegal' furniture to the rightful owner (= the Flemish Government). See article.

The Prince has 'borrowed', amongst other items, a bed made for Joséphine de Beauharnais, the spouse of Napoleon, an antique marble fireplace, an exclusive wooden cabinet, etc.

I hope they can find a solution to this. Art pieces should be where they can be restored and admired by people who really care for art.

[flcty]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

Sorry to break the sugarcake most posters seems to see over the unstable Belgian monarchy.

Now it is Prince Philippe who is under fire.

In the Nineties the Prince borrowed antique furniture from the Royal Palace in Antwerp. A building that was long very neglected and in detoriation: it has not been used for decades.

But the Flemish Government, owner of the building, is restoring it to old splendour and wants the missing furniture to be returned to the Palace. Despite numerous requests, the Court has not reacted.

The Flemish Minister of Housing has now threathened to summon the Prince before Court if he has not handed over the 'illegal' furniture to the rightful owner (= the Flemish Government). See article.

The Prince has 'borrowed', amongst other items, a bed made for Joséphine de Beauharnais, the spouse of Napoleon, an antique marble fireplace, an exclusive wooden cabinet, etc.

I'm starting to have real doubts whether or not the BRF will see another day. I strongly believe that Philippe won't make it. Why hasn't the court replied? It's not as though there asking Phillipe to give up one of his limbs. I heard Mathilde's dutch sounds like it was out of a textbook. Is her mother tongue french then? The Flemish are really determined not to see Phillipe as King. Do they favour independence or a diffrent new head of state [in the future]?

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by flctylu

I'm starting to have real doubts whether or not the BRF will see another day. I strongly believe that Philippe won't make it. Why hasn't the court replied? It's not as though there asking Phillipe to give up one of his limbs. I heard Mathilde's dutch sounds like it was out of a textbook. Is her mother tongue french then? The Flemish are really determined not to see Phillipe as King. Do they favour independence or a diffrent new head of state [in the future]?

Princess Mathilde's mother is neither a native Dutch nor French-speaking person. She is of Polish origin: Anna Countess Komorowska daughter of Leon Count Komorowski and of Sophia Princess Sapieha-Kodenska (who died in a car crash with Mathilde's sister Lady Marie-Alix d'Udekem d'Acoz, in 1997).

Princess Mathilde's mother married in Belgrade (now Serbia, then Yugoslavia) with Jonkheer/Écuyer (noble) Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz. They live in Château Losange in Villers-le-Bonne-Eau. This is in French-speaking Belgium, so Princess Mathilde's native tongue is French.

A great-uncle of Princess Mathilde was Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha, Prince Sapieha-Kodenski, Archbishop of Cracow. He was the first teacher of his later successor as Archbishop and the later Pope, Karol Wojtyla (Pope Johannes Paulus II).

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Aquarela

I hope they can find a solution to this. Art pieces should be where they can be restored and admired by people who really care for art.

Art pieces fill most of the Royal palaces here there and everywhere,most purchased/commisioned by the ancestors of the present Royals,so no,they should stay right were they are.

As to the Antwerp Royal Palace,it was derilict for decades,no one gave a hoot,and now,all of a sudden this brouhaha over a coffee-table,as Lucas rightfully remarked on the BRMB,it's just another,convenient,case of bickering the members of the RF.

To us foreigners,the media gives the impression the Belgian Monarchy itself is under strong flack,but in reality it is less than a quarter of the Flamish population that don't care either way.The media outlets sell better with another supposed Royal scandal.

As to the items now at Laeken Castle,they would have rotted away if it wasn't for the Duke of Brabant to use,safeguard and upkeep them,no one else cared.

The belgians love to make una bella figura parading around their beautifull cities,towns and scenery,but underneath the surface.......

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by lucien

Art pieces fill most of the Royal palaces here there and everywhere,most purchased/commisioned by the ancestors of the present Royals,so no,they should stay right were they are.

As to the Antwerp Royal Palace,it was derilict for decades,no one gave a hoot,and now,all of a sudden this brouhaha over a coffee-table,as Lucas rightfully remarked on the BRMB,it's just another,convenient,case of bickering the members of the RF.

To us foreigners,the media gives the impression the Belgian Monarchy itself is under strong flack,but in reality it is less than a quarter of the Flamish population that don't care either way.The media outlets sell better with another supposed Royal scandal.

As to the items now at Laeken Castle,they would have rotted away if it wasn't for the Duke of Brabant to use,safeguard and upkeep them,no one else cared.

The belgians love to make una bella figura parading around their beautifull cities,towns and scenery,but underneath the surface.......

I agree with your observation, but is it not telling this constant bashing on royals does not appear in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark, etc.?

And for the furniture: you are right about the (waterdripping beautiful) 'hidden' Royal Palace at the Meir in Antwerp. But this does not mean the Prince has the right to keep furniture (really not only a 'coffee table' but also a bed, a historic cabinet, a fireplace, etc.) under his roof when these are not his property.

The strange thing in all this: where is the Dotation Royale? The Belgians are lucky to have a Trust which provides fabulous residences for the royal family. Part of the properties are at the disposal of the King, such as the park of Laeken, the chateaux of Belvédère, Stuyvenberg, Ciergnon and Fenffe, and other properties like offices in Brussels or agricultural land are rented out in order to generate income for the Trust.

What is it that Prince Laurent has to use fraud money to furbish his villa and that Prince Philippe needs to 'borrow' other's property for his appartments in the Château de Laeken? You would say that the Dotation Royale has plenty of possibilities for them?

[stephanievl]

Prince Filip and Princess MAthilde went to vote fot the federal elections in Laken:
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