Belgian Royal Calendar

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December 2012

December 1st
Princess Mathilde will meet the families and relatives of soldiers who are currently involved in peacekeeping operations during the Journée Nationale Info-Familles in Peutie

December 3rd
Princess Mathilde will attend the conference "Children's Rights and Business Principles" in Brussels

December 4th
Prince Laurent will attend the inauguration of Plan Cold, a temporary shelter for homeless people and their dogs in Brussels

December 5th - 8th
Princess Mathilde will take part in an UNICEF mission to Haiti

December 5th
Queen Paola will attend a conference of experts and the launch of the "Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online". "Global Alliance" is a joint initiative of the European Union and the United States

December 6th
Queen Paola will attend the Christmas concert of the Queen Paola Foundation

December 12th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend "Kim's Thank You Games" by ex-tennis player Kim Clijsters in Anvers

December 18th
Prince Philippe will attend the Brussels Sustainable Development Summit 2012

December 18th
Princess Mathilde will visit the "Koninklijk Atheneum/Centrum Leren in Werken" in Leuven for a presentation of the "business plan" for students

December 20th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will pay a visit to the province Brabant Wallon

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January 2013

January 10th
Prince Philippe will open the 91st edition of the European Motor Show (Salon de l'Auto) at Brussels Expo

January 17th
Princess Mathilde will attend the launch of the production of the stamps honouring her 40th birthday

January 17th
Queen Paola will attend a gala concert of the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

January 21st
Princess Mathilde will attend the event "First meeting of the Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years : Quality Early Childhood Services for All : Addressing Disparities in Access for Children from Migrant and Low-Income Families" in Gand

January 25th
Princess Astrid will attend a roundtable meeting on "Clinical research in Belgium and the role of philanthropy" at the King Baudouin Foundation in Brussels

January 27th
Prince Philippe will attend a ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust held at the Great Synagogue of Brussels

January 28th
Princess Claire will attend a show of the Sparadrap Circus at the Institure de la Sainte Famille d'Helmet in Schaerbeek

January 30th
Queen Paola will attend the launch of the 10th "Safer Internet Day" at the offices of Child Focus in Brussels

January 31st
Princess Mathilde will attend the first National Conference on "Financial Literacy" at the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels

January 31st
Prince Philippe will attend the first interdisciplinary conference on Sustainable Development in Namur

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February 2013

February 2nd
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend the 3rd Magritte du Cinéma award ceremony in Brussels

February 4th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a lunch as part of the annual Diplomatic Contact Days in Brussels

February 5th
Princess Mathilde in her role as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium will attend a screening of the film Kinshasa Kids about street children at the Cinema Vendôme in Brussels

February 9th
Prince Laurent will attend the presentation of the evolutionary farde Info for patients with a metabolic disease at the University Hospital Antwerp

February 19th
The Royal Family will attend a mass in memory of the deceased members of the Royal Family in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken

February 20th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony of the National Trophy Victor Boin in Hofstade

February 20th
King Albert and Queen Paola will view the exhibition "Hôpital de la Reine - Croix Rouge, L'Océan et la Panne 1914-1918" in La Panne

February 25th
Prince Philippe will hand out the Sustainable Development Award in Brussels

February 27th
Prince Philippe will meet with leaders of the Federation of Belgian brewers and will take part in a working meeting on the beer industry along with its main representatives

February 27th
Princess Mathilde will attend a round table meeting on breast cancer in collaboration with the "Breast International Group (BIG) in Brussels

February 28th
Prince Philippe will meet officials of Synerjob in Anderlecht, an association of public employment services and training in Belgium, and he'll meet with young people looking for a job

February 28th
Queen Paola will view a retrospective of works by Jan Fabre to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the "Museum für Kunst-Zeitgenössische ikob" (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Eupen

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March 2013

March 4th
Princess Astrid will attend a concert organized by the Belgian National League Multiple Sclerosis at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

March 5th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the province Flemish Brabant

March 5th
Prince Philippe will attend the ceremony "Righteous Among the Nations" together with the President of Israel Shimon Peres at the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels

March 7th
Queen Paola will visit the Athénée Royal Marche-Barvaux-Bomal in Marche-en-Famenne

March 7th
Princess Mathilde will vist La Hulpe on the occasion of the International Day of Women

March 12th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the award of the Foundation Pathophysiology Prof. Lucien Dautrebande in Brussels

March 12th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit the Don Bosco Institute and the "TSO / BSO / DBSO SPWoluwe-school Don Bosco" in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

March 14th
Queen Paola will attend a meeting of the Sponsorship Committee of Missing Children Europe, the European Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children in Brussels

March 16th - 22nd
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be on an economic mission in Thailand

March 19th
Princess Astrid will attend the 5th "ECF Princess Margriet Award" ceremony in Brussels

March 20th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit Namur on the occasion of 75th anniversary of the Provincial Hotel School

March 27th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the annual "Womed Award" in Brussels

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April 2013

April 13th
Prince Lorenz as Honorary President will attend the closing session of the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Association of Historic Houses and Gardens of Belgium (ARDH & JB​​) at the Château de Grand-Bigard

April 16th
Princess Mathilde will attend a symposium on supporting grieving children who faced the sudden death of a loved one at the Erasmus High School in Brussels

April 17th
Princess Mathilde will hand out the InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize 2013 in Brussels

April 18th
Princess Astrid will attend the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the "Scandinavian School School Brussels - Reine Astrid" in Waterloo

April 18th
King Albert will attend a workshop about emergency preparedness in Ghlin

April 19th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the Province of Luxembourg

April 21st
Prince Laurent will attend the ceremonies commemorating the St George's Day to mark the 95th anniversary of the raid on Zeebrugge

April 22nd - 26th
Princess Astrid as Special Representative of the "Roll Back Malaria (RBM)" partnership will visit Japan and Cambodia

April 25th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit the Military Hospital Queen Astrid in Neder-Over-Heembeek

April 26th
Princess Claire will view the Amaryllis exhibition at the Château de Beloeil and will award the prizes for the competition of the best floral decorations

April 28th
Princess Claire will attend a mass, followed by the start of the Tour de France for trail-bodied and physically disabled people at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers in Ixelles

April 29th
Queen Paola will attend the presentation of the art book "Homage to Europe" in Brussels

April 30th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend the inauguration ceremony of King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam

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May 2013

May 3rd
Princess Mathilde will attend a breakfast meeting at the King Baudouin Foundation and will award the Princess Mathilde Award 2013 in Brussels

May 7th
Princess Mathilde will speak at the opening session of the "Meeting of the Belgian Development Cooperation" at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. The debate will focus on "The development framework post 2015: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities."

May 8th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the official opening ceremony of the 32nd edition of the National Games "Special Olympics" in Ghent

May 11th
Queen Fabiola will attend the last session of the first round of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2013 in Brussels

May 13th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will make an official visit to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland

May 14th
Princess Mathilde will attend a conference on the role of the Belgian cooperation in basic education in developing countries entitled "Basic Education for Change" - it will take place in Brussels

May 14th
Queen Fabiola will attend a session of the semi-final of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2013 in Brussels

May 14th
Prince Philippe will particpate in the second Masterclass Belgodyssée in Brussels

May 14th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony of the award "Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI)" in Brussels

May 15th
Prince Philippe will attend the opening session of the 11th "European Business Summit" in Brussel - this year's theme is "Unlocking Industrial Opportunities, an EU Strategy for Competitiveness?"

May 15th
Queen Fabiola will attend a session of the semi-final of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2013 in Brussels

May 16th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend an exceptionally delivery of 15 scholarships of Vocatio as part of the 50th anniversary of the Foundation in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

May 16th
Princess Astrid will hand out the prizes of the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation (FMRE) - 2013 in Brussels

May 16th
Princess Mathilde will visit the photographic exhibition "Addressing all to education" in connection with the launch of the Education Week in Brussels

May 17th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be present at the official opening of the new extension of Technopolis in Mechelen

May 22nd
The Royal Family will attend the King Baudouin International Development Award ceremony in Brussels

May 23rd
Princess Mathilde will attend an international congress on mental health and juvenile justice in Brussels

May 23rd
Princess Astrid will attend an academic meeting organized by the St. Luke Foundation at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in Brussels

May 24th
King Albert and Queen Paola will inaugurate the monument "Vindictive" in Oostende and will visit the festival "Oostende voor Anker"

May 24th
Princess Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth will attend a performance of the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp

May 27th
Princess Astrid will attend the award ceremony of the Federal Prize of the fight against poverty - 2013 in Brussels

May 27th
Queen Fabiola will attend a final of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in 2013 in Brussels

May 27th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a reception for participants of the Consultative Meeting of the Antarctic Treaty

May 29th
Queen Paola will hand out the Queen Paola Prize 2013 for education in Brussels

May 29th
Queen Fabiola will attend a final of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in 2013 in Brussels

May 30th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the 52nd ceremony of the Rose d'Or award in Brussels

May 30th
Queen Fabiola will attend a final of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in 2013 in Brussels

May 30th
Princess Mathilde as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium will attend the presentation of the new "Report on the situation of children in the world" dedicated to children with disabilities

May 30th
Princess Mathilde will participate in a round table discussion In Brussels on "Women Empowerment: The Intersection of Power & Agency and Economic Advancement" together with the International Center for Research on Women, Washington DC

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June 2013

June 1st
Queen Fabiola will attend the last session of the final of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in 2013 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

June 1st
Prince Laurent will attend a concert to raise funds for the dog training by the association "Friends of the Blind"

June 2nd - 8th
Prince Philippe will be on an economic mission to the USA

June 4th
Princess Mathilde will view the exhibition "The Golden Cabinet" in Antwerp

June 4th
Princess Mathilde will visit the "Stichting Lezen" (Reading Foundation) in Antwerp in the framework of the "Year of reading aloud"

June 4th
Princess Claire will attend the opening of the exhibition "PsycArt 15 years" in Brussels

June 4th
Queen Fabiola will attend the award ceremony for the winners of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2013

June 7th
King Albert and Princess Mathilde will attend the soccer match between the Belgian Red Devils and Serbia as qualification for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil

June 12th
Queen Paola will inaugurate the watercress in Laeken

June 12th
Prince Philippe will attend the award ceremony of the Francqui Prize 2013 in Brussels

June 12th
King Albert will visit the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) in the technology park of Ghent

June 13th
Prince Philippe will hand out the Prince Philippe Fund Award at the Palais de Bruxelles

June 13th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit the "Orde van Paardevisser" (shrimp fishermen on horseback) in Oostduinkerke

June 17th
Prince Philippe as Honorary President will attend an academic meeting on the occasion of the General Assembly of the "Club of Rome EU-Chapter" in Brussels

June 17th
The Royal Family will attend the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2013 - Closing Concert in Brussels

June 18th
Prince Philippe will visit the "Brussels Innovation Center" of the American company Procter & Gamble in Strombeek-Bever

June 19th
Princess Mathilde will attend the awards ceremony of the Awards GSK Vaccines for scientific research in Brussels

June 20th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the province of West Flanders

June 24th
Prince Philippe will attend a reception for the President of the 'China Entrepreneurs Club' at the Royal Palace in Brussels

June 24th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will attend a concert on the occasion of the accession of Croatia to the European Union in Brussels

June 25th
Princess Claire will visit the Camp Sunflower in Spa organized by the Foundation against cancer affecting children

June 30th
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will be present at the celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the Royal Belgian Sailing Club in Zeebrugge

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July 2013

July 2nd
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde will visit the respite home "Limmerik" in Zandhoven for seriously ill children

July 3rd
Princess Mathilde will visit the summer camp "Kazou Brugge" for children and teenagers in Domaine Massembre Heer-sur-Meuse

July 4th
Prince Philippe will attend the opening session of the conference "Probing Vegetation - from past to future" in Antwerp

July 16th
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend the inauguration of busts of the monarchs, followed by a reception at the Senate in Brussels

July 16th
King Albert and Queen Paola will receive the current and former Presidents of the House and Senate on the occasion of the presentation of a gift to the King

July 17th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit Ghent

July 18th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit Eupen

July 19th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit Liège

July 20th
The Royal Family will attend the concert "Prelude to National Day" at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

July 20th
King Albert, Queen Paola, Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde will attend the "Ball National" in Brussels

July 31st
The Royal Family will attend a mass on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of King Baudouin's death in Brussels

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August 2013

August 17th
King Philippe will attend the European Hockey Championships in Boom

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September 2013

September 1st
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the historical religious procession Hanswijk Cavalcade through the streets of Mechelen. The procession takes place every 25 years

September 6th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of Flemish Brabant (Leuven)

September 6th
Princess Claire will attend the 50th International Contest of New Roses and will baptize a rose named "Princess Claire of Belgium" at the old Hospice Saint-Jacques Roeulx

September 7th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the 25th edition of the Festival "Les Musicales de Beloeil" at the Château de Beloeil

September 10th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit Walloon Brabant (Wavre)

September 12th
King Philippe will attend a concert in honour of the Lithuanian presidency of the Council of the European Union at the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels

September 13th
Queen Mathilde will visit the exhibition "Rubens Europe" at the Louvre-Lens in Lens, France

September 13th
Princess Astrid will attend an academic meeting organized by the association "De Dennen Verpleeginrichting" for home care and rehabilitation on the occasion of its 100th anniversary

September 16th
Princess Astrid will attend the 18th International Leprosy Congress, organized by the association "Damien" in Brussels

September 17th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of Hainaut (Mons)

September 18th
Princess Astrid will attend the the opening ceremony of the 10th Congress of the European Society of Gynecology (ESG) in Brussels

September 18th - 20th
Queen Mathilde will attend the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013 "Architects for a Better World" in New York

September 19th
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend a reception organized by the Royal Federation of Surveyors-Experts on the occasion of its 80th anniversary. Princess Claire will be awarded the title of Honorary Member of the Royal Federation of Surveyors-Experts. The reception will be held at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren

September 20th
Princess Astrid will attend a gala concert of the Medical Service, organized by the Medical Component and the Staff Well-being Department of Defense. The concert is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi and will take place at the Cultural Center in Auderghem

September 21st
Princess Astrid will attend a conference in Scherpenheuvel organized by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, an organization working for disadvantaged people

September 24th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit Limburg (Hasselt)

September 24th
Prince Laurent will attend the first meeting of the agents of information and action of the Second World War in Brussels

September 27th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of Antwerp (Antwerp)

September 25th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend a concert in Ixelles in honour of the accession to the throne, of the reign of King Albert II and in memory of King Baudouin

September 29th - October 2nd
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will visit Istanbul, Turkey, to participate in activities in connection with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC Charitable Trust), Astrid is Honorary President of

September 30th
Queen Mathilde will attend a meeting in Brussels entitled "The strength of intergenerational projects. Transmission and sharing of know-how"

September 30th
Queen Mathilde will attend an international conference on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

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October 2013

October 1st
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will make a visit to 'Home Paloke' for elderly people in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek

October 2nd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of Namur

October 3rd
Queen Mathilde will visit the exhibition BAZA(A)R BELG(I)E in Brussels

October 3rd
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend the inaugural evening show at the new building of the Theatre of Liege. A French-Dutch version of the play "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare is played

October 4th
Princess Claire will visit the La Paix-Dieu Training Centre for Heritage Professionals in Amay

October 4th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will receive Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, President of India, for a lunch, the opening of the europalia.india Festival at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and a visit to the exhibition "Body of India"

October 6th
Prince Laurent will attend the National Day for Children with Cancer in Muizen

October 8th
Princess Astrid will attend the 4th meeting of the Honorary Board of the "International Paralympic Committee" at the Royal Palace in Brussels

October 8th
Prince Laurent will attend the official opening of the 40th "Internationaal Filmfestival van Vlaanderen" in Ghent

October 9th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend a gala event to mark the 150th anniversary of Solvay in Neder-over-Heembeek

October 11th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province de Liège

October 11th
Princess Astrid will attend a concert in Brussels organized by the Federal Public Health Service on the occasion of the European Day of Organ Donation and to honour donors

October 11th
Princess Claire will attend a gala evening in Brussels on the occasion of 150 years of the non-profit Children's Home Queen Marie-Henriette

October 12th
Prince Laurent will attend the opening of the first part of the area of gardens and natural area "Park Groot Schijn" in Deurne-Est

October 14th
Queen Mathilde will attend the performance of the play 'Heb jij ze wel alle vijf?' (Do you have all five?), a contemporary story about and for young people to raise awareness of the new poverty and intergenerational poverty, at the Beursschouwburg in Brussels

October 15th
Queen Mathilde will attend the launch of the National Plan for HIV Belgium in Brussels

October 15th
King Philippe will receive the first post stamps with a portrait of himself at Bpost in Mechelen

October 15th
King Philippe will meet with the President of Montenegro Filip Vujanovic at the Royal Palace in Brussels

October 15th
King Philippe will watch the soccer game between the Belgian national team The Red Devils and the Wales national team at the Koning Boudewijn Stadion in Brussels

October 15th
Prince Laurent will visit the MIVAVIL company for adapted work in Vilvoorde

October 16th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of East Flanders (Ghent)

October 16th
King Albert will attend the ceremony to mark the 175th anniversary of legal Bruylant at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

October 16th
King Albert will attend the Land of the Future Award of the Queen Paola Foundation at the Palais des Academies in Brussels

October 17th
Queen Mathilde will attend the International Conference "Fashion Talks - Get inspired in Antwerp", the first major international fashion conference held in Belgium

October 17th
The Royal Family will attend an autumn concert and reception in collaboration with the Festival de Wallonie and the "Festival van Vlaanderen"

October 18th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of Luxembourg (Arlon)

October 20th - 26th
Princess Astrid will be on an economic mission to Angola and South Africa

October 22nd
King Philippe will attend the celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts at the Palais des Academies in Brussels

October 23rd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the German-speaking Community (Eupen)

October 25th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit West Flanders (Bruges)

October 26th
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will visit the exhibition "1001 families, the family in all its forms!" at the WEX (Wallonie Expo) in Marche-en-Famenne

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November 2013

November 1st
Prince Laurent will attend the congress "ES PKU 2013" of the European Society for Phenylketonuria and allied disorders reated as phenylketonuria in Antwerp

November 4th
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend the premiere of "Marina", the new film by Stijn Coninx, in Genk

November 6th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit Brussels

November 7th
Queen Mathilde will visit the company The Perron in Liege on the occasion of its 50th anniversary

November 8th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Netherlands

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

November 14th
Queen Mathilde will attend the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the association ToolBox in Brussels

November 17th
Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will view the exhibition "The birds of the gardens" organized by the Royal Belgian League for the Protection of Birds and the City Gembloux

November 18th
Queen Mathilde will visit the Children's Hospital UZ Leuven where she will read some stories aloud to children in the school and hospital oncology department and she will attend a roundtable discussion with authors and illustrators also participating in the reading aloud week

November 20th
Queen Mathilde will attend a roundtable meeting in Brussels organized by UNICEF Belgium on the occasion of the International Day of Children's Rights

November 20th
Queen Mathilde will attend a concert of the children choir Brussels at the Children's Hospital of the University Hospital in Brussels within the framework of the International Day of Children's Rights

Novemer 21st
King Philippe will attend an event organized by the Belgian Export Credit Agency in Brussels

November 23rd - 29th
Princess Astrid will be on an economic mission to India

November 30th
Queen Paola willattend a concert organized by Equinox and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels

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December 2013

December 2nd
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend the annual Christmas concert of the Queen Paola Foundation at the Plaza Hotel in Brussels

December 2nd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to Luxembourg

December 3rd
Queen Paola as Honorary President of Child Focus will attend a ceremony on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the establishment of Child Focus at the Federal Parliament in Brussels

December 5th
Queen Mathilde will attend the opening of the "Business of Design Week (BODW)" in Hong Kong

December 6th
King Philippe will attend the festivities marking the 75th anniversary of the "Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van België" (Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium) in Brussels

December 12th
Queen Mathilde will view the film "Nanook of the North" marking the 75th anniversary of CINEMATEK, the Royal library of Belgium

December 17th
King Philippe will attend the celebration of the 85th anniversary of the "Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)" (Fund for Scientific Research (FWO)) in Ghent

December 19th
King Philippe will attend an academic session organized by IMMOBEL, the Real Company of Belgium, on the occasion of its 150 years of existence and listing on the Brussels Stock Exchange

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January 2014

January 7th
King Philippe will attend a working meeting on employment and formation among youth in Brussels

January 10th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a new year's reception for several representatives of the European Union

January 14th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a new year's reception for the chiefs of the diplomatic missions in Belgium

January 15th
King Philippe will attend the 92nd edition of the Brussels International Motor Show

January 16th
King Philippe will visit the Contemporary Art Center 'Wiels' including the new exhibition of Belgian artist Walter Swennen

January 16th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a new year's reception for representatives of SHAPE and NATO

January 21st
Prince Laurent will visit the European Motor Show Brussels

January 21st - 23rd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

January 24th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will visit the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) in Brussels to pass Princess Astrid's role as honorary president to Prince Albert of Monaco

January 26th
Prince Laurent will visit the exhibition "The Art of the Brick" at the Brussels Stock Exchange

January 28th
King Albert and Queen Paola will attend a gala concert of the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels - it will be the launch of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Music Chapel

January 30th
King Philippe will attend an academic session organized by the NIHDI to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the sickness and invalidity insurance. The session will be held at the Auditorium of the National Bank of Belgium in Brussels

January 30th
Princess Astrid will attend the opening of "First EORTC Survivorship Summit" organized by the "European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) in Brussels

January 31st
Queen Mathilde and Queen Paola will visit Child Focus, the Foundation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children - Queen Mathilde will take over the Honorary Presidency from Queen Paola

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February 2014

February 5th
King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, King Albert, Queen Paola and Princess Astrid will attend an academic meeting in Brussels organized by the Red Cross of Belgium on the occasion of its 150th anniversary

February 6th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to France

February 10th
Prince Laurent will attend the Belgian premiere of the film "Saving Mr. Banks" in Brussels

February 11th
Queen Mathilde will visit Social Relay Charleroi

February 11th
Prince Laurent will attend the opening of a renovated building of Renovassistance - Social Housing in Brussels

February 12th
King Philippe will visit the Youth and Employment - Centre maritime jurisdiction "VDAB" in Zeebrugge

February 13th
Queen Mathilde will attend a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" by the Royal Ballet of Flanders and Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra in Ghent

February 17th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to Germany

February 19th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to Italy

February 25th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit "Medialaan" (VTM, 2BE, JIM, Vitaya, vtmKzoom, Q-music, JOE fm) in Vilvoorde, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the company and the change of name into Medialaan

February 25th
Prince Laurent will visit the 55th edition of BATIBOUW at Brussels Expo

February 27th
Queen Mathilde will attend a study day of the week against Cyber Bullying organized by the University of Antwerpen

February 28th
King Philippe will visit the competence centre Technifutur Forem (Walloon public service employment and training) in Seraing

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March 2014

March 3rd
King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and their children will pose for a winter photo session in Verbier, Switzerland

March 9th
Queen Mathilde will receive a delegation of children from Karrewiet (Ketnet), the Belgian child and youth TV station, at the Royal Palace in Brussels

March 11th
Queen Mathilde will attend a meeting with leading women from various sectors in the Antwerp province in Hingene

March 13th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to the United Kingdom

March 14th
King Philippe will visit Bruxelles-Formation in Neder-Over-Hembeec that celebrates its 20th anniversary

March 15th - 21st
Princess Astrid will be on an economic mission to Saudi Arabia and Oman

March 15th
Prince Laurent will attend a festive evening on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the association ReForm (Research and socio-cultural Training) in Brussels

March 17th
King Philippe will attend the inaugural meeting of the "Science Centre World Summit" in Mechelen

March 19th
King Albert and Queen Paola will visit a project of the youth association "Habbekrats" in Brussels

March 21st
King Philippe will attend the opening session of the 9th "Brussels Forum" - this year's theme is "A World in Transition"

March 30th - April 1st
The President of China Xi Jinping will make an official state visit to Belgium

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April 2014

April 1st
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will receive the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon and his wife at Laeken

April 3rd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will receive participants of the EU-Africa Summit in Brussels

April 4th
King Philippe will meet with a delegation of the 'Merchants and Artisans of the Anderlecht Slaughterhouse area' to offer the traditional Paschal Lamb to the King at the Royal Palace in Brussels

April 7th
King Albert and Queen Paola wil attend the screening of "Talking to the Trees" about the fight against the sexual exploitation of children. The screening will take place in the premises of the European Parliament in Brussels

April 23rd
Queen Mathilde will hand out the "InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize 2014" in Brussels

April 25th
King Philippe will visit the Permanent Control Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (Standing Committee R) in Brusses on the occasion of its 20th anniversary

April 25th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the musical "14-18" about the First World War in Mechelen

April 27th
King Philippe will give the start of the 100th edition of the cycling race Liège-Bastogne-Liège

April 29th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to Sweden

April 30th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to Norway

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May 2014

May 7th
King Philippe will receive the European central bank chairman and governors at the Royal Palace in Brussels

May 13th
Queen Mathilde will hand out the Queen Mathilde Prize 2014 in Brussels

May 14th
Queen Mathilde will attend a first test session of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

May 15th
King Philippe will visit the Royal Military Academy in Brussels

May 15th
Princess Astrid as Honorary President will hand out the scientific awards of the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation in Brussels

May 18th & 20th
Queen Mathilde will attend the semifinals of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

May 28th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a lunch for the Jury of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

May 29th
Queen Mathilde will attend a tribute on the occasion of the 5th edition of "1000 km Fight against Cancer" and the 25th anniversary of "Fight Against Cancer" in Landen

May 29th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the awarding of the International Charlemagne Prize to Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, in Aix-la-Chapelle

May 30th
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend a final session of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

May 28th, 29th & 31st
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the finals of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

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June 2014

June 3rd
Queen Mathilde will hand out the awards of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Argenteuil

June 4th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will be in Warsaw, Poland, to attend the ceremonies to mark the 25th anniversary of the first free elections in Poland

June 4th
Queen Paola will hand out the Queen Paola Award 2013-2014 in Brussels

June 5th
Princess Claire will attend the Franco-Belgian ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings in the Normandy in June 1944. The ceremony will take place at the Pont des Belges in Deauville-Trouville, France

June 5th
Queen Mathilde will attend the symposium "European Fashion Summit" organised by Brussels center for fashion and design (MAD Brussels) in Brussels

June 6th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. They'll participate in the luncheon hosted by the President of the French Republic at Castle Bénouville and the international ceremony on the beach at Ouistreham.

June 10th
King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and Princess Claire will attend the closing concert of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

June 11th
King Philippe will attend the award ceremony of the "Francqui Prize 2014" in Brussels

June 11th
Queen Mathilde will visit the department of psychiatry for the elderly at the University Psychiatric Centre of the University Leuven

June 15th
Prince Laurent will inaugurate a new police station in Brussels for the Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort, Auderghem area

June 17th
King Philippe will attend a meeting with representatives of Belgian enterprises on new contracts obtained through the World Cup in Brazil

June 19th
Prince Laurent will launch a project that offers therapeutic personalised dolls to children at the CHN William Lennox hospital in Ottignies-Louvain-la Neuve

June 22nd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will watch the World Cup 2014 soccer match Belgium vs Russia in Rio de Janeiro

June 23rd
Prince Laurent will attend a plenary session of the Committee on Forestry of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome

June 24th - 27th
Princess Astrid will attend the third follow-up conference of the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines in Mozambique

June 25th
Queen Mathilde will attend the presentation of the Federal Price "Fight against Poverty 2014" in Brussels

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July 2014

July 3rd
Queen Mathilde will visit the medical-educational institute "Huis aan zee" in De Haan

July 5th
The Royal Family will attend the wedding of Prince Amedeo and Elisabetta Maria von Wolkenstein Rosboch in Rome, Italy

July 9th
King Philippe will give the start of the 5th stage of the Tour de France in Ypres

July 12th
Prince Laurent will attend a parade commemorating the Belgians who fell during the two World Wars at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London

July 15th
Queen Mathilde will visit the association Cliniclowns Belgium marking the association's 20th birthday

July 20th & 21st
The Royal Family will attend the annual National Day Celebrations