Royal Family of Belgium Part 2

[Humera]

where are the pics from the chirstmas concert the royal family attended? I dont visit this section of the forum too often so I dont know. The concert was aired on a French-Canadian network tonight and I have some screen caps some of you might want to see.
Should I post them here?

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

they're on page 3 in this thread

 

[Humera]

they're on page 3 in this thread

thanx
I could've sworn I went through all the pages in this thread. But somehow i missed the concert pics.
Anyway, here are the screen caps i was talking about.

 

[Humera]

and some more

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

1. British state visit to Belgium

2, 3. Swedish state visit to Belgium

4, 5. Albert & Paola with Henri and María Teresa of Luxemburg

6. prince Albert, queen Fabiola, king Baudouin, princess Paola, princess Margaretha of Luxemburg and her cousin princess Astrid of Belgium.

 

[msfroyste]

i felt it necessary to say this here. grand duchess josephine-charlotte of luxembourg(formerly princess of belgium) has passed away. may she rest in peace.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

i felt it necessary to say this here. grand duchess josephine-charlotte of luxembourg(formerly princess of belgium) has passed away. may she rest in peace.

May she rest in peace. The Belgian royal family was very attached to her.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

the Belgian royal family has declared a period of mourning untill the 21st January for the death of Albert's sister Joséphine-Charlotte.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

12th January 2005

King Albert meets threatened businessman

12/01/05 - King Albert has met Rik Vannieuwenhuyse, the West-Flemish businessman from Roeselare who has been threatened in connection with a foreign worker in his employ.

King Albert with moslim worker Naima (Photo Belga)

During the past months Vannieuwenhuyse has been threatened in connection with one of his workers who wears a headscarf. Letters claiming to come from New Free Flanders, an unknown organisation, have been sent to a national newspaper. Mr Vannieuwenhuyse, who runs a food company called Remmery, and his family have also been threatened. He said he was very pleased after his meeting with the monarch.

The latest letter calls on the businessman to sack Naima Amzil, the moslim worker at the centre of the controversy.
Some time ago she decided no longer to wear her headscarf to work because she was worried the safety of her boss and his family were threatened.

The local business organisation in West-Flanders received the support of 22,000 people after it opened a special webpage on the internet.

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King Albert, Naima and her employer Rik Vannieuwenhuyse (Photo Belga)

 

[Reina]

What did the Belgian royals think of Maria-Teresa of Luxembourg?

 

[hillary_nugent]

I'm sure they think she is a great mother as well as a great Drand Duchess ^___^

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Brussels - January 12, 2004 King Albert received at the Royal Palace of Brussels, Mr.Rik Remmery (businessman) and his wife, and Mrs. Naima Amzi, employee of Remmery and her husband Saïd Ebourt, all actors in the fight against racial discrimination.

 

[Josefine]

is ther any importants dates in February for the royal family
Birthdays, death of past royals , state visits or evenst that are intresting

 

[kwanfan]

The 18th is Princess Claire's birthday and the 20th is Princess Mathilde's birthday.

 

[Hannelore]

That will of course be celebrated in private.


February 1st-3rd: greek state visit.

 

[ally_cooper]

This month is also Prince Amedeo's birthday, the 21th

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

15th January 2005

The Belgian royal family (king Albert II, queen Paola, queen Fabiola, prince Philippe, princess Mathilde, princes Astrid, prince Lorenz, prince Laurent, princess Claire, Léa Wolman -wife of prince Alexandre-) was present at the very emotional funeral of their sister (in law)/aunt, grandduchess Joséphine-Charlotte, in the Notre Dame cathedral in Luxemburg.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

more from the funeral

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

more photos from the funeral

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

a few more...

 

[Emily]

Thank you for the pictures, Catherine!

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Very sad pictures.

 

[Alexandria]

15th January 2005

The Belgian royal family (king Albert II, queen Paola, queen Fabiola, prince Philippe, princess Mathilde, princes Astrid, prince Lorenz, prince Laurent, princess Claire, Léa Wolman -wife of prince Alexandre-) was present at the very emotional funeral of their sister (in law)/aunt, grandduchess Joséphine-Charlotte, in the Notre Dame cathedral in Luxemburg.

Thanks for the pictures Catherine. The entire family, especially the King and Phillippe looked very upset in various pictures.

I have a question about Fabiola. I noticed in some pictures I saw that at some point (the beginning? I didn't see live coverage of the funeral) Fabiola was sitting/standing in her chair all by herself. It was just her surrounded by the empty chairs.

What happened there? Was it by protocol or respect that she entered the church first and the other monarchs and guests were still to be seated? Or was it because of her age she didn't walk to the church the way the other royal guests did and was driven there and hence got there ahead of everyone else so was seated before everyone else?

Here's the picture I am referring to from Polfoto.

 

[ally_cooper]

Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz look so sad! They must love Grand Duchess very much... Thank a lot for the pics.

 

[Lyonnaise]

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Belgian royals including (L-R) Queen Paola, King Albert II, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz, Princess Claire and Prince Laurent attend a mass to commemorate the victims of the Tsunami disaster in South-East Asia, late 15 January 2005 at the Sint-Michiels and Sint-Goedele Cathedral in Brussels.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Belgian royals including (L-R) Queen Paola, King Albert II, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz, Princess Claire and Prince Laurent attend a mass to commemorate the victims of the Tsunami disaster in South-East Asia, late 15 January 2005 at the Sint-Michiels and Sint-Goedele Cathedral in Brussels.

It was a oecumenic remembrance service, not a (catholic) mass. King Albert, queen Paola, queen Fabiola, prince Philippe, princess Mathilde, prince Lorenz, princess Astrid, prince Laurent and princess Claire were present.

It was a few hours after the funeral in Luxemburg!

After the service, the king and queen and Philippe and Mathilde talked to the Belgian families who lost someone in the disaster.

Astrid & Lorenz (maybe also Laurent& Claire but I'm not sure), talked to the members of the red cross and the various NGOs that were present.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Thanks for the pictures Catherine. The entire family, especially the King and Phillippe looked very upset in various pictures.

I have a question about Fabiola. I noticed in some pictures I saw that at some point (the beginning? I didn't see live coverage of the funeral) Fabiola was sitting/standing in her chair all by herself. It was just her surrounded by the empty chairs.

What happened there? Was it by protocol or respect that she entered the church first and the other monarchs and guests were still to be seated? Or was it because of her age she didn't walk to the church the way the other royal guests did and was driven there and hence got there ahead of everyone else so was seated before everyone else?

Here's the picture I am referring to from Polfoto.

I think Fabiola didn't walk in the cortège, like the other members of the royal family because it was to difficult for her. I've seen her walking with a stick on various occasions.

The Belgian family was very close to Joséphine-Charlotte, I saw king Albert crying, Paola too, even before they had entered the cathedral.
Philippe, Astrid and Lorenz were very emotional as well, and I saw Philippe discreetly passing a handkerchief to Mathilde...

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Pictures of the tsunami remembrance service

 

[Dennism]

I think Fabiola didn't walk in the cortège, like the other members of the royal family because it was to difficult for her. I've seen her walking with a stick on various occasions.

I noticed Fabiola all alone too and I thought "Shouldn´t there be someone there to help her if she has trouble getting out of the aisle because she is so distressed?" But maybe she didn´t need help. But a gentleman should be near. Well, maybe she was there before the others and wasn´t going anywhere. I thought it was at the end. Everybody looked so sad.

 

[GrandDuchess]

A very nice ceremony it seems, and good of them to make it ecumenical - so that everyone could feel included.

On the Fabiola matter - I would guess that she was seated before the cortège arrived and the other guests filled the spots around her. Perhaps there was an Aide-de-Camp close by somewhere, to assist her?