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11-18-2004, 05:52 PM
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Princess Astrid is looking really good latley
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11-18-2004, 08:24 PM
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I like the way princess Claire looks.
I do have a question, in past celebrations, do Princess Astrid's children participate? I didn't see any pictures of them, so i am not sure if children were ever invited. Thanks in advance!
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I like the way princess Claire looks.
I do have a question, in past celebrations, do Princess Astrid's children participate? I didn't see any pictures of them, so i am not sure if children were ever invited. Thanks in advance!
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No, the children don't participate in the king's feast. Plus they had to go to school...
a few more of the Te Deum
Arrival at the senate
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11-05-2005, 01:06 PM
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King´s Feast 2007
As this day will be celebrated soon, I have created this post. Please post information, pictures, questions and other remarks of the event in this thread.
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11-12-2007, 07:56 PM
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What exactly is Kings Feast? I have never heard of it.
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11-13-2007, 03:54 AM
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It is normally about this time or end of November, i believe. I wonder if we'd see Queen Fabiola attends the event again. We have not seen her in a while already.
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11-13-2007, 04:50 AM
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The kings fest is on the 15th of november.
Will be present:
queen Fabiola, Prince Filip, Princess Mathilde, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz, Prince Laurent, Pricess Claire
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11-13-2007, 04:59 AM
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Wikipedia: King´s Feast
The King's Feast (Dutch: Koningsfeest, French: Fête du Roi) is celebrated in Belgium on November 15, since 1866. On this day, since 2001, the Belgian Federal Parliament holds a ceremony in honour of the King, in the presence of members of the Belgian Royal Family and dignitaries. Federal ministries are closed on this day. Traditionally, a Te Deum is sung on this day as well as a private occasion.
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The entire wikipedia entry can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Feast
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11-13-2007, 05:50 AM
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The Ceremony is in honour of His Majesty, why doesnt he attend the event?Any reason for that, anyone know?
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11-13-2007, 09:31 AM
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Here some pictures of earlier years:
Kings Day 2004
Kings Day 2003
They celebrate the monarch each year on November 15th, which is St. Leopold's Day. First a Te Deum in the SS Goedele and Michiels cathedral in Brussels and after that the RF visits the senate. The King and Queen are absent as they won't go celebrating themselves (always so modest, those Belgians  )
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I have seen some pix of King´s feast day on belga picture. I don´t know how to put the pix here.
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11-15-2007, 07:48 AM
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Nice to see Queen Fabiola again! Mathilde's coat and hat look rather odd, especially considering that it almost has the same colour as the cathedral so she somewhat disappears in the background. Princess Claire however looks very nice.
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11-15-2007, 07:57 AM
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philippe has aged, he looks older than astrid's husband. laurent does not look well, bloated, dark circles under his eyes.
colour clothes mathilde suit those of fabiola 
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11-15-2007, 09:52 AM
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Thanks for the pictures.
More pictures:
PPE Agency
I really love princess Claire's outfitt and that one of princess Mathilde.
I don't like princess Astrid's clothes. She looks much older in those clothes.
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11-15-2007, 09:58 AM
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PPE shows pictures of a (small) riot, what happened?
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11-15-2007, 10:24 AM
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Right so this is the Belgian equivalent to Queens Day in the Netherlands. I wonder why they always choose months with such miserable weather!
Does the Belgian family go to different areas each year, as the Dutch family does, or do they always go to the same place?
I wonder if they really feel like celebrating the king this year, what with the mess with the Belgian government, or lack thereof.
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