Belgian Royal Calendar

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April 2011

April 1st
Queen Paola will attend the closure of the symposium EUROMET (for professionals) & Jamboree (for the youth)

April 1st
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will visit Oostakker-Lourdes to attend the reopening of the Groenhof St-Joseph

April 3rd - 8th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be on an economic mission to Russia

April 5th
Princess Astrid will visit the laboratories of the "Research Group Experimental Neuropharmacology" at the University of Brussels

April 7th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit Maaseik at the Province du Limbourg

April 9th
Queen Fabiola will attend the 10th edition of the concert "Violin against Cancer"

April 13th
King Albert will visit the National Control Center of Elia in Brussels

April 13th
Queen Paola will visit the exhibition "Le temps qui reste" by David Claerbout in Brussels

April 26th
Princess Mathilde will launch the sixth edition of the European Immunization Week in Brussels

April 26th
Princess Astrid will attend the retrospective exhibition of the photographer Lieve Blancquaert

April 27th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the Prix InBev-Baillet Latour de la Santé 2011 in Brussels. This year the health award is dedicated to research on infectious diseases and immunology

April 28th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit West Flanders

April 28th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony of the Gysel Foundation for Biomedical Research in Brussels

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May 2011

May 3rd
Princess Mathilde will attend the exhibition Tutankhamun's Tomb and Treasures in Brussels

May 3rd
Prince Philippe will visit the company ECOVER in Malle that is specialised on the innovation and development of alternative environmentally friendly products

May 4th
Princess Mathilde will attend the opening session of the meeting "Focus on the Belgian Development Cooperation" in Brussels

May 5th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the Wingerdbloei center in Deurne for young people between 6 and 21

May 5th
Princess Astrid will attend the opening of the 9th congress of the "European Association of Neurosciences Nurses (EANN)"

May 10th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend the 16th gala organized by the "support committee of the Province of Antwerp for the King Baudouin Foundation"

May 11th
Prince Philippe will attend the 5th "Strategic Energy Forum" in Brussels

May 12th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the Mathilde Prize in Brussels

May 13th
Princess Claire will attend the show "Les Souffleurs aux gradins" in Brussels in profit of the Children's Home Queen Marie-Henriette

May 13th
Prince Philippe will attend landing of the Solar Impulse (solar plane) at the airport of Brussels

May 17th
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend the official opening of the MAS, the "Museum Aan de Stroom" in Anvers

May 18th
Queen Paola will attend an academic session commemorating the 50th anniversary of the baby-sitting service "Gezinsbond" (League of Families) in Brussels

May 18th
Prince Philippe will visit the port of Ghent and will attend a working meeting on the strategy, infrastructure and port development

May 18th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the Federal Award 2011 of the Fight against Poverty in Brussels

May 19th
Prince Philippe will attend the 9th "European Business Summit" in Brussels

May 19th
Princess Astrid will visit the care center Résidence Porte de Hal in Brussels

May 19th
Princess Mathilde will attend the International Conference on "Adolescence, violence, psychiatric care and forced" in Brussels

May 19th - 25th
Various members of the Royal Family will attend the finals of the Concours Musical Reine Elisabeth

May 24th
The Royal Family will attend the ceremony of the International King Baudouin Prize for Development 2011 in Brussels

May 25th
Queen Paola will attend an event organized by Child Focus on the occasion of the International Day for Missing Children

May 25th
Queen Paola will attend a reception and dinner for the 10th anniversary of "Missing Children Europe" in Brussels

May 31st
Queen Paola and King Albert will attend the festivities "Charleroi 1911-2011"

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June 2011

June 1st
Queen Paola will hand out the Queen Paola Prize 2010-2011 in Brussels

June 4th - 11th
Princess Astrid as Patron of the association Apopo will travel to Tanzania and Mozambique

June 7th
Prince Philippe will attend the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Belgium-Luxembourg-Germany

June 8th
Prince Philippe will award the Prix Francqui 2011 in Brussels

June 8th
Princess Mathilde will visit the centre "De Wingerd" in Leuven

June 9th
Queen Fabiola and Princess Mathilde will attend the closing concert of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium Song-2011.

June 11th
Prince Lorenz will attend the general assembly of the "Spanische Hofreitschule" in Samour, France

June 14th
Prince Philippe will hand out the Prix du Fonds Prince Philippe - 2011

June 15th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit Limbourg

June 16th
Princess Mathilde will attend a meeting with the "MS (Multiple sclerosis)-Netwerk Limburg"

June 16th
Princess Astrid will hand out hand out the award of the Fondation Médicale Reine Elisabeth in Brussels

June 21st - 22nd
Queen Paola will attend the Biennale in Venice, Italy

June 22nd - 30th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be on an economic mission the USA

June 23rd
King Albert will visit Audi in Brussels

June 25th
Prince Lorenz as Honorary President will attend the closing session of the Statutory General Assembly of the Royal Association of Historic Houses and Gardens of Belgium at Castle of Laarne

June 27th
Princess Astrid will visit the psychiatric hospital of Beau Vallon in Saint-Servais and the neuropsychiatric hospital Saint-Martin in Dave

June 28th
Princess Astrid will vist the Centre d'accueil Henry Dunant and the organisation Clair & Net à Hotton (Melreux) both fighting against poverty

June 30th
Princess Mathilde will visit the annual camp for children of the "Vlaamse Liga tegen Kanker" (Flemish League Against Cancer) in the holiday center "De Ceder" in Deinze

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July 2011

July 7th
Princess Mathilde will visit the "Villa Rozerood" in De Panne, a holiday and care center for seriously ill children and their families

July 7th
King Albert will attend the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the biscuit factory "Biscuiterie Jules Destrooper" in Lo

July 15th
Queen Paola will attend the 'The Name Of The Rose' theatre premiere at the Villers-la -Ville Abbey

July 19th
Prince Philippe will visit the project ForceDouce in Nieuwpoort that fosters the personal development of young people with the sailing sport

July 19th
Princess Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth will attend several sessions of chamber music course for young musicians, organized annually by Musica Mundi in Rixensart

July 20th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend the traditional opening of the Summer Palace of Brussels to the public and will open the exhibition "Science at the Palace"

July 20th - 21st
The Royal Family will attend several events celebrating the National Day 2011

July 29th
Prince Joachim and family will attend his Promotion Day to the rank of Officer of the Belgian Navy

July 31th
Queen Fabiola will attend a mass on the anniversary of the death of King Baudouin

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August 2011

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September 2011

September 2nd
Princess Astrid will vist the center Nos Pilifs that works on the social inclusion of disabled children on the occasion of it's 40th birthday

September 7th
Prince Philippe, Princess Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth will attend the official opening of the new children's hospital of the "Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent" named "Princess Elizabeth Hospital for Children"

September 8th
Princess Mathilde will attend the the opening of the "Volunteer Village" on the Esplanade of the European Parliament in Brussels

September 9th
Princess Mathilde will vist MicroStart in Brussels, a pilot project that provides micro-credit, advice, support and assistance in creating a small business.

September 9th
Prince Philippe will attend the official celebration of the 100th anniversary of the cement company Holcim in Obourg

September 13th
Princess Mathilde will visit the Street Nurses Asbl. in Brussels

September 16th - 17th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend several events of the European association for ecclesiastical treasures Europae Thesauri in Angers, France

September 19th - 21st
Princess Astrid as Special Representative of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership will be involved in several activities in New York to mark the 10th anniversary of the Partnership and as part of the decade the United Nations Roll Back Malaria

September 21st
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the Province of East Flanders

September 26th
Princess Mathilde will visit three farms in West Flanders to highlight the diversification on farms and in agricultural activity, including the place and the work of women in farming

September 29th
Prince Philippe will be present at the opening of two new production units of the company Floridienne Chemistry in Ath

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October 2011

October 1st
Princess Mathilde attended the "European Job Days Brussels"

October 1st
Princess Astrid and Princess Léa visited the oncology rehabilitation center Villa Royale in Ostende

October 4th
The Royal Family attended various events in connection with the Festival "europalia.brasil" in Brussels

October 4th
Princess Astrid received US ex-president Jimmy Carter for an audience

October 5th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde visited two competence centers for teenagers in the region of Anvers

October 5th
Princess Astrid was present at the presentation of research funds from the "Vlaamse Liga tegen Kanker" (Flemish League against Cancer) in Brussels

October 6th
Queen Paola attended the presentation of a new stamp in honour of Queen Paola in Mechelen

October 7th
Prince Philippe received the "Keizerlijke Commanderie der Edele Haspengouwse Fruyteniers en hun Gastronomie" in Brussels

October 7th
Princess Astrid attended events related with the handisort week "A chance for everyone"

October 11th
Princess Astrid opened the visitor centre at the European parliament

October 11th
Quee Paola attended the official opening of 'Vlaamsoogpunt' the new home of the association "Blindenzorg Licht en Liefde" that supports blind and visually impaired people in Gent

October 18th
Kinh Albert attended the academic session "Why Curiosity-driven Science?" in Brussels

October 19th
King Albert received Uruguayan President Jose Mujica for a meeting at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels

October 19
Queen Paola attended the awarding ceremony of the prize 'Terre da??Avenir - Focus Aarde' at the Palais des Academies in Brussels

October 20th-29th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde have been on an economic mission to China

October 21st
Princess Astrid attended a concert to mark the 75th anniversary of the Orchestre National de Belgique (ONB)

October 22nd
Princess Astrid was present at a national memorial service for labour and workers in Brussels

October 22nd
Princess Astrid attended the film premiere of "The Adventures of Tintin. Secret of the Unicorn"

October 23rd
Princess Astrid was present at the inauguration of a new Danish church in Brussels

October 24th
Princess Claire attended a charity concert in aid of Royal Charities called "Les berceaux de la Princesse Paola / Wiegjes Prinses Paola" in Brussels

October 25th
Princess Astrid visited the laborary of Professor Pierre Vanderhaeghen (laureate of the 2011 Solvay Prize)

October 26th
The Royal Family attended a fall concert at the Royal Palace in Brussels

October 27th
Queen Fabiola attended an academic session held on the occasion of the solemn inauguration of the "Huis van de Polyfonie" in Heverlee

October 27th
Princess Mathilde attended a working lunch with female entrepreneurs

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November 2011

November 8th
Princess Mathilde will make two visits to an organisation in Péruwelz and one in Leuven in connection with the Prix Princesse Mathilde 2012

November 11th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend the traditional ceremony of homage to the Unknown Soldier in Brussels on the occasion of the commemoration of the Armistice

November 16th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the province of Luxembourg

November 16th
Princess Astrid will visit the Erasme hospital of the Free University of Brussels (ULB) in Anderlecht

November17th
Princess Mathilde will visit the literacy project "A tot Z" organized by the community center "De-Vaartkapoen Caleidoscoop" in Molenbeek-St-Jean

November 17th
Princess Astrid will take part in a study day organized to mark the 50th anniversary of the Tele-Service

November 17th
Prince Philippe will attend the celebrations to mark the 130th anniversary of economic and financial newspaper L'Echo in Brussels

November 18th
Princess Mathilde will launch the beginning of the "Week of reading aloud"

November 18th
Princess Astrid will attend a gala concert for the medical service in Brussels

November 24th
Queen Paola will attend the international festival "Rising Stars in the Kremlin" in Moscow

November 24th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony by the fund for medical and scientific research managed by the King Baudouin Foundation

November 25th - 30th
Princess Astrid as special representative of Roll Back Malaria will visit the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar

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December 2011

December 1st
Prince Philippe will attend the closing ceremony of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry in Brussels

December 3rd - 7th
Prince Philippe will be on an economic mission to Chile

December 3rd
Princess Mathilde will attend the National Info-Families Day organized by the Department of Defense, she will meet
the families and relatives of soldiers who are currently involved in the operations of peacekeeping

December 6th
Princess Astrid will participate in a conference on poverty, migration and integration at the university of Antwerpen

December 6th
Queen Paola will officially open the new hotel school "KTA" in Wemmel

December 8th
Queen Paola will attend the annual Christmas concert of the Queen Paola Foundation in Brussels

December 9th
Princess Astrid will visit the volunteer firefighters of the municipality of Lichtervelde who celebrated their 150th
anniversary and donate the profits to the association Pinocchio, Astrid is Honorary President of

December 13th
Prince Philippe will attend an academic session at the new headquarters of the company Vivaqua that celebrates
its 120 anniversary in Brussels

December 13th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony of the Foundation Simone and Pierre Clerdent at the University of Liège

December 15th
Prince Philippe will hand out the National Sports Awards 2011 in Brussels

December 20th
Prince Philippe will visit the company NANOCYL in Sambreville

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January 2012

January 11th
Prince Philippe will conduct the official inauguration of the 90th edition of the International Motor Show "Salon de l'Auto - 2012" at Brussels' Expo in Brussels

January 11th
King Albert, Queen Paola, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will receive ambassadors during a New Year reception at the Royal Palace in Brussels

January 12th
Princess Mathilde will visit the Provincial House in Leuven to learn about the project "Mediation by neighborhood volunteers"

January 12th
Princess Claire will attend a meeting of the ImmoSolidarity campaign, organized by Pro Renovassistance, in Brussels

January 16th
Princess Mathilde will attend the award ceremony of the European Alzheimer Prize "Living well with dementia in the community" in Brussels

January 17th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a gala concert by the soloists of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

January 19th
Princess Astrid will attend the conference "Fighting poverty through social inclusion" in Brussels

January 19th
Princess Astrid will visit the 57th "Brussels Antiques and Fine Art Fair" to view the stand of the Heritage Fund of the King Baudouin Foundation that celebrates its 25th anniversary and is guest of honour at the fair

January 26th
Queen Paola will visit two projects in Mons that provide job trainings for adults and child care for those children whose parents take part in the trainings, both are supported by the Foundation Queen Paola

January 26th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will, together with Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark, attend a jazz concert in Brussels organized in connection with the current Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

January 29th
King Albert will be present at the arrival of Cyclocross World Championships at Koksijde

January 30th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend the Diplomatic Contact Days 2012 at the Egmont Palace in Brussels,

January 31st
The Royal Family will attend a New Year's reception at the Royal Palace in Brussels

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February 2012

February 1st
Queen Paola will visit the "Heldenhuis" (The House of Heroes) in Halle, a center for children and teenagers

February 3rd
Prince Philippe will visit the project Popfull, the largest plantation of bio energy in the country in Lochristi

February 9th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit "HUB Brussels" in Ixelles, a global network available for social entrepreneurs

February 10th
Princess Mathilde will take part in a symposium on immunization at the University of Antwerp

February 13th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the Sint Pietersinstituut Zevendonk in Turnhout as part of the Flemish week against harassment at school

February 14th
Prince Philippe will vist Flanders' DRIVE, a Flemish center of technological competence in the automotive industry located in Lommel

February 14th
Queen Paola will visit the college of music Queen Elizabeth in Waterloo to attend cello lectures by Gary Hoffman

February 15th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will pay a visit to the province of Hainaut

February 16th
The Royal Family will attend a mass celebrated in memory of deceased members of the family at the Notre-Dame church in Laeken

February 27th
Princess Mathilde will attend the conference "Brussels Alliance to Protect Children in and out Emergencies" in connection with the 10th anniversary of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on Rights of the Child in Brussels

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March 2012

March 4th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend the festivities for the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gerard De Kremer (Gerardus Mercator) in Rupelmonde

March 5th
Queen Paola, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the military ceremony of swearing at the Naval Base of Zeebrugge in which Prince Joachim will take the oath

March 6th
Princess Mathilde will pay a visit to the "Women's House Schaerbeek" in Schaerbeek as part of the celebration of the International Women's Day

March 7th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit Waremme in connection with their interest in language teaching

March 8th
Princess Mathilde will attend the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the association Payoke. A seminar in Antwerp will emphasizes the role of young people in the international problem of human trafficking

March 10th - 16th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be on an economic mission to Vietnam

March 13th
Prince Laurent will officially open the CALAMARTES cultural festival in Antwerp

March 14th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend a concert and a gala dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of the "European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer" (EORTC) in Brussels

March 14th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit the "Free Technical Institute" in Aalst on the occasion of its centenary

March 15th
Princess Astrid will attend the opening of the conference organized to mark the 50th anniversary of the "European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer" (EORTC) in Brussels

March 17th
Princess Claire will be present at a concert by Salvatore Adamo, organized to mark the 25th anniversary of the association DOMUS. The association is responsible for continuing care and palliative in Walloon Brabant

March 19th
Princess Astrid will attend the fourth ceremony of the "Princess Margriet Award ECF" in Brussels

March 22nd
Princess Mathilde will attend the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Queen Astrid Clinic in Malmedy

March 28th - 30th
Princess Mathilde will visit Albania in her role as WHO's Special Representative for Immunization

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April 2012

April 10th - 15th
Princess Astrid will visit Singapore and Indonesia in her role as Special Representative of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership for the global fight against malaria

April 15th
Prince Philippe will attend a dinner hosted by the Foreign Minister in honour of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations at the Château de Val Duchesse in Brussels

April 17th
Princess Mathilde will visit the public primary school in Wezemaal in connection with the UNICEF World Class project and on the occasion of the project's "Day of Change"

April 19th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the "Prix InBev-Baillet Latour de la Santé 2012" health prize in Brussels

April 19th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a concert at the Sint-Martinus church in Aalst

April 20th
Princess Astrid will be present at the inauguration of the "Center for Neuroscience" at the "Vrije Universiteit Brussel" in Brussels. The research laboratory is co-financed by the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation (QEMF), Princess Astrid is Honorary President of.

April 21st
Princess Astrid will attend the commemoration of the ten-day campaign of 1831 at the cemetery of Houthalen-Helchteren

April 21st
Prince Laurent will attend the Open Day at the Athénée Royal Alfred Verwée in Schaerbeek

April 23rd
Prince Philippe will attend an academic session organized to mark the 20th anniversary of the creation of multilingual university training programmes at the University Faculties Saint-Louis in Brussels

April 23rd
Princess Astrid in her role as Special Representative of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership will attend several meetings in New York on the occasion of the World Day against malaria

April 23rd
Queen Fabiola will attend a recital given by the violinist Sergey Khachatryan as part of the 75th anniversary of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium

April 24th
Prince Philippe will pay a visit to the center "drugs" of the Federal Police in Ranst

April 24th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the Prix Princesse Mathilde 2012 in Brussels

April 25th
Princess Mathilde will attend an academic session to mark the 20th anniversary of Incofin at the Music Centre De Bijloke in Gand

April 25th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a gala dinner held as part of the 10th "European Business Summit"

April 27th
Princess Claire will visit an exhibition of amaryllis and will present the first prize to the winner of the contest of floral decoration at the Château de Beloeil

April 28th
Queen Fabiola will attend a ceremony with a tribute to mark the departure of Professor János Frühling, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium in Brussels

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May 2012

May 2nd
King Albert will visit the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels

May 2nd
Prince Philippe will - together with Mr. Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - visit the recycling company Umicore in Hoboken

May 3rd
Queen Paola will visit the art school Kunsthumaniora Brussel that celebrates it's 40th anniversary

May 3rd
King Albert will pay a visit to the military base Florennes where he'll attend a presentation of the operational infrastructure and equipment of the 2nd Tactical Wing and where he'll be informed about the operations in Lybia and Afghanistan

May 3rd
Princess Mathilde will attend a gala dinner organized by the Breast International Group (BIG) at the Cercle Gaulois in Brussels

May 4th
Prince Laurent will inaugurate the Clean Week 2020 in Zolder, the event aims to promote future-oriented technologies in the field of mobility and the environment

May 8th
Princess Mathilde will attend the opening session of "Focus on the Belgian Development Cooperation" at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

May 9th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit Turnhout

May 9th
Princess Astrid will visit projects of the association Caritas Secours Francophone Liège that help homeless people and work for the integration of children

May 10th
Queen Paola will pay a visit to the Day Centre for Palliative Care in Bruges

May 10th
King Albert will visit the President of the European Council in Brussels

May 11th
Princess Mathilde will attend the opening of the exhibition "The Golden Age of China. Treasures of the Tang Dynasty" in Maaseik

May 12th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a performance of the musical "Streetlight" in Brussels, a project of Together4peace

May 15th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit Melsele to mark the 50th anniversary of the Strawberry Committee

May 16th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will visit the Special Olympics in Liege

May 17th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the Holy Blood Ceremony at the Grote Market in Brugge

May 18th - 19th
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend the jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth in London

May 21st
Princess Mathilde will attend a workshop of the Princess Mathilde Fund entitled "The strength of the fathers: Partners in Education" in Brussels

May 21st
Queen Fabiola will attend a final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition - Violin 2012 in Brussels

May 22nd
Princess Astrid will attend a final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition - Violin 2012 in Brussels

May 23rd
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition - Violin 2012 in Brussels

May 24th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the "Villa Indigo" in Evere that offers a short-term residential care and comprehensive care for seriously ill children

May 24th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony of the Award of the Fight Against Poverty in Brussels

May 29th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony of the Simone and Pierre Clerdent Foundation that promotes and supports medical research in the field of neurological diseases

May 31st
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend a concert to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Belgian Luxembourg Union at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg in Luxembourg

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June 2012

June 7th
Queen Paola will visit the "Concertgebouw" (Concert Hall) in Bruges, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary

June 7th
King Albert will open the Diabolo project by Infrabel and SNCB in Zaventem that completed the rail link north of Brussels Airport

June 8th
Queen Paola will visit several organizations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Yellow and White Cross and to honour nurses, carers and staff of the home care services

June 10th - 15th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be on an economic mission to Japan

June 11th
Princess Astrid will inaugurate a new building for rehabilitation at the Inkendaal hospital in Vlezenbeek

June 11th
Queen Fabiola will attend the concert of the fourth, fifth and sixth recipients of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Violin-2012 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

June 12th
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend "Il Trovatore" by Guiseppe Verdi at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels

June 12th
King Albert will attend the opening ceremony of the new premises of the French Alliance of Brussels-Europe in Brussels

June 13th
Queen Paola will hand out the Prix Reine Paola 2011-2012 at the Royal Castle in Laken

June 13th
King Albert be present at the award ceremony of the Prix Francqui 2012 in Brussels

June 14th
King Albert and Queen Paola will view the exhibition "Golden Sixties" at the TGV station in Liège-Guillemins

June 14th
King Albert, Queen Paola and Queen Fabiola will attend the closing concert of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Violin-2012 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

June 19th
Princess Mathilde will attend the first awards ceremony of the Foundation Future 21 that supports educational, medical and humanitarian projects for children and young people

June 19th
Prince Philippe will hand out the Prix du Fonds Prince Philippe in Brussels

June 21st
Princess Mathilde will attend the donation ceremony of the association "United Fund for Belgium" at the auditorium of the National Bank in Brussels

June 27th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit several projects in Lontzen and Eupen

June 28th
Prince Philippe will visit the headquarters of the World Customs Organization in Brussels that is celebrating its 60th anniversary

June 28th
Prince Philippe will visit the Center for Studies of Nuclear Energy (SCK-CEN) in Mol that is celebrating its 60th birthday

June 28th
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend the pre-opening of the Libramont Exhibition & Congress Center in Libramont

June 29th
Princess Mathilde will "Sterrendansgala" to mark the 60th anniversary of the Royal Ballet School Antwerpen

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July 2012

July 2nd
King Albert will attend the arrival of the second stage of the Tour de France 2012 from Visé to Tournai

July 2nd
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be present at the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the independence of Burundi in Bujumbura

July 3rd
Queen Paola will attend the 9th edition of the European Biennial of Contemporary Art "Manifesta" in Waterschei

July 6th
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend the opening of the floral Weekend "BLOOM" in Ostende

July 19th
King Albert and Queen Paola will open the exhibition "Science and Culture at the Palace" in Brussels

July 20th - 21st
The Royal Family will attend the annual National Day celebrations

July 23rd
Prince Philippe will visit the 3rd unit of Catholic Guides of Mont-Saint-Guibert in Framont

July 26th - 31st
Prince Philippe, Princess Mathilde and their children will attend the Olympic Games in London

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August 2012

August 28th - 31st
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the Paralympic Games in London

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September 2012

September 2nd
King Albert and Queen Paola will host the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the Queen Paola Foundation at the Royal Castle in Laeken

September 5th
Prince Philippe will visit Hasselt to attend the unveiling of "YAR Wonen", a new initiative of the association "Youth at Risk-Vlaanderen"

September 5th
Princess Mathilde will attend the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Belgian Diabetes Association in Brussels

September 9th
Prince Philippe will preside over the ceremony held during the annual pilgrimage of the Union of Deported Jews in Belgium - it will take place in Malines

September 12th
Prince Philippe will attend the official opening of the academic year 2012-2013 of the "Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School" in Brussels

September 20th
Prince Philippe will visit COMEOS, the Belgian federation of trade and services in Brussels

September 24th
Prince Philippe will attend the 27th Symposium On Fusion Technology at the convention centre in Liege

September 25th
Prince Philippe will attend an academic meeting of the Federal Council for Sustainable Development in honour of the outgoing President of the Council, Mr Theo Rombouts in Brussels

September 25th
Prince Philippe will receive the entire crew of STS-45 of the NASA in Brussels

September 26th
Prince Philippe will visit the A & S Energy company in Oostrozebeke

September 26th
Princess Astrid will attend the show "My declaration of humor" by comedian and actor Bruno Coppens, oganized by the association "The school at hospital and at home" on the occasion of its 30th birthday

September 27th
Princess Astrid will visit the research laboratories of Dr. Laurent Nguyen and Dr. Brigitte Malgrange, winners of the "Prix Jacques and Janine Delruelle 2012"

September 30th
Prince Philippe will attend the Motocross of Nations in Lommel

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October 2012

October 5th
Queen Paola will attend the EuroSkills Spa-Francorchamps 2012 in Spa

October 5th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the fair trade company Cafés Liégeois in Battice

October 11th
King Albert will visit the camp Lagland near Arlon

October 11th - 12th
Prince Lorenz will take part in a fundraising gala and the general assembly of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria

October 15th - 19th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be on an economic mission to Turkey

October 17th
Queen Paola will hand out the Terre d'Avenir Award in Brussels

October 17th
King Albert will receive François Englert, Em Professor at the ULB, for an audience

October 23rd
Princess Mathilde will visit the 23rd International Design Biennale in Courtrai

October 24th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the intergenerational house of Outremeuse in Liège and will view varius projects concerning intergenerational activities

October 24
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend the inauguration of the 4th European School of Brussels

October 24th
The Royal Family will attend a fall concert in collaboration with the Festival de Wallonie in the "Festival van Vlaanderen"

October 25th
Prince Philippe will hand out the Essenscia Innovation Award in Brussels

October 26th
Princess Mathilde will attend an academic session organized on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of "Trefpunt Zelfhulp vzw" (Centre for Information and support mutual assistance) at the KU Leuven

October 27th
Prince Philippe will attend the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Hero Fund in Brussels

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November 2012

November 6th
Princess Mathilde will give a speech at the "First Child & Youth Finance Regional Meeting for Europe and Central Asia" in Brussels

November 7th
Prince Philippe will meet with Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, in Brussels

November 8th
Princess Mathilde will attend the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the ''trust center for child abuse'' in Leuven

November 11th
Prince Philippe will attend the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres

November 11th
King Albert will attend the traditional tribute to the Unknown Soldier and the solemn commemoration of the victims of the two World Wars and overseas operations

November 13th - 14th
The President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski and his wife will pay a state visit to Belgium

November 15th
The Royal Family will attend the annual Fête du Roi 2012

November 16th - 30th
Prince Philippe will be on an economic mission to Australia and New Zealand

November 17th
Princess Astrid will attend the lecture "The discovery of the malaria vaccine: a human and scientific adventure" that is held on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine of the Faculties Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix de Namur

November 19th
Queen Paola will attend a rehearsal of the Gospel Choir "FamilY For Life" in Yvoir

November 22nd
Princess Mathilde will attend the symposium "Training for caregivers: issues and challenges facing the demographic reality" in Brussels

November 26th
Princess Mathilde will visit the National School of Visual Arts of La Cambre (ENSAV) in Brussels

November 26th
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend the opening ceremony of the "Kazerne Dossin - Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights" in Mechelen

November 28th
Princess Astrid will visit the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp in connection with her engagement with the "Roll Back Malaria Partnership"

November 29th
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend the award ceremony of the 24th Prix Caïus de Prométhéa in Liege

November 29th
Princess Astrid will visit "Latour de Freins" in Uccle and will attend an award cermony by the fund for medical and scientific research managed by the King Baudouin Foundation

November 30th
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend a concert in Brussels organized on the occasion of King's Day and the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Music Guides