Royal Family of Belgium - Current Events Part 9 (Jan 2019 - present)

**Marengo** · #1 01-16-2019, 01:09 AM

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**iceflower** · #2 01-29-2019, 06:00 AM

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King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz received principal authorities of the country on the occasion of the New Year today, January 29:

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** belga gallery ** gettyimages gallery ** gettyimages gallery 2 **

** The King's speech in Dutch ** The King's speech in French ** The King's speech in German **

eya · #3 01-29-2019, 10:52 AM

Short Videos from today

https://twitter.com/i/status/1090190591097520128

https://twitter.com/i/status/1090192248497688577

https://twitter.com/i/status/1090192825118007297

One more gallery

https://www.profimedia.cz/similar/411040967

maria-olivia · #4 01-29-2019, 12:25 PM

Impressive pictures of our " Salle du Trône ".
No attendance of King Albert Ii , they are in Italy for holidays ?.

Dalriada · #5 01-29-2019, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by maria-olivia

Impressive pictures of our " Salle du Trône ".
No attendance of King Albert Ii , they are in Italy for holidays ?.

Those chandeliers in that room never fail to impress me every time.
I am not really missing Albert, this couple alone shines!

**An Ard Ri** · #6 01-29-2019, 01:00 PM

The Salle du Trone at the Palais Royale in Brussels is a magnificent location for the New Years Reception today.

cdm · #7 01-30-2019, 01:04 PM

The King praised the climate change demonstrators.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2019/01...emonstrator-s/

Dalriada · #8 01-30-2019, 02:08 PM

Good for him! Its something King Harald would say above party political interests.

eya · #9 02-19-2019, 04:48 AM

King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, King Albert , Queen Paola, Prince Laurent and other members attend the annual Eucharistic celebration in memory of the deceased members of the Royal Family at the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk in Laken today

Princess Esmeralda and Princess Lea

https://twitter.com/i/status/1097793888188809216

Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein

https://twitter.com/i/status/1097796671285706752

Gallery

https://www.rexfeatures.com/set/10110675

**iceflower** · #10 02-19-2019, 05:04 AM

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King Philippe and Queen Mathilde have arrived:

** Video **

And so have King Albert and Queen Paola:

** Video **

And Prince Laurent without Princess Claire:

** Video **

Inside the church:

** Video **

And here's a first gallery: belga gallery

**Marengo** · #11 02-19-2019, 05:22 AM

Wim Dehandschutter says on twitter that Princess Claire telephoned to cancel her attendance 'last minute'. I am not sure if that is correct as IIRC she did not attend the mass for several years now.

Princess Esmeralda and Princess Lea always attend the mass, as does Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein née Luxembourg.

**An Ard Ri** · #12 02-19-2019, 06:46 AM

Strange that Princess Claire cancelled seeing as she doesn't have that many public acts ,nice to see king Albert and Queen Paola at the annual Mass.

**iceflower** · #13 02-19-2019, 06:49 AM

When being asked about her absence Prince Laurent answered:

"No, she is not sick. She just stayed home."

See the following short video.

** Video of Albert, Paola and Laurent **

** Video of Laurent commenting on the Lybia case **

Demanding that Prime Minister Michel should help: "It depends on the government and everyone should do their job".

King Albert was asked whether he hoped "for a good outcome at the Court of Cassation" (in connection with Delphine Boël and the DNA test), but Albert ignored the question:

** Video **

And here are some more photos:

** fb gallery ** gettyimages gallery ** rtl.be video ** ppe gallery **

** dailymail: Queen Mathilde becomes the latest royal to ditch the hat for an on-trend headband..**

**An Ard Ri** · #14 02-19-2019, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceflower

When being asked about her absence Prince Laurent answered:

"No, she is not sick. She just stayed home."

See the following short video.

He would have been better saying nothing

Tatiana Maria · #15 02-19-2019, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marengo

Wim Dehandschutter says on twitter that Princess Claire called to cancel her attendance 'last minute'. I am not sure if that is correct as IIRC she did not attend the mass for several years now.

Princess Esmeralda and Princess Lea always attend the mass, as does Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein née Luxembourg.

It appears Princess Claire initially planned to attend this year as she at first was listed under the event in the agenda on monarchie.be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceflower

When being asked about her absence Prince Laurent answered:

"No, she is not sick. She just stayed home."

See the following short video.

The cause of the absence is apparently unclear. Although she and her husband have from time to time stayed home from events due to the discord within the royal family, that seems less probable today given that her husband was present.

Quote:

King Albert was asked whether he hoped "for a good outcome at the Court of Cassation" (in connection with Delphine Boël and the DNA test), but Albert ignored the question:

** Video **

Isn't the hope for a certain outcome the usual reason for any person to appeal a legal ruling?

leidi · #16 02-19-2019, 03:28 PM

The video outside of the church is very awkward, Paola is like "yeah, this is my son" and Laurent ignores her completely, while in another of the videos, he's seen calling his brother so people can take a picture of them together.

**An Ard Ri** · #17 02-19-2019, 03:47 PM

The interaction between Prince Laurent and his brother the king outside the church was cold ,but I can't blame the king given Prince Laurent's constantly embarrassing the RF.

leidi · #18 02-19-2019, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

The interaction between Prince Laurent and his brother the king outside the church was cold ,but I can't blame the king given Prince Laurent's constantly embarrassing the RF.

At least they interact? Because Laurent does not interact with his parents AT ALL.

**An Ard Ri** · #19 02-19-2019, 04:49 PM

It was bare minimum but I have absolutely no sympathy for Laurent .

maria-olivia · #20 02-20-2019, 08:34 AM

I don't remember if last year King Alberti and Queen Paola entered the Church by the main entrance but they left by the side entrance.
I saw yesterday on TV how difficult the steps were for both.