Belgian Royal Calendar

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2023

January 2023​

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January 12th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a New Year's reception for the chiefs of the diplomatic missions in Belgium

January 13th
King Philippe will attend the 100th edition of the Salon de l’Automobile in Brussels

 

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February 2023​

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February 2nd
Queen Mathilde will visit OXFAM, Magasin du Monde, in Mechelen that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year

February 6th - 8th
Queen Mathilde will pay a working visit to Bangladesh in her capacity as the United Nations Development Goals (SDG) Advocate

 

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March 2023​

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March 2nd
King Philippe will visit "Recyclart" in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

March 14th - 16th
Queen Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth will pay a working visit to Egypt

March 22nd - 27th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will pay a state visit to South Africa

 

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April 2023​

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April 11th - 14th
King Philippe will visit the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana

 

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May 2023​

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May 4th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the province of West Flanders

May 5th
King Philippe and Princess Elisabeth will attend a reception at Buckingham Palace in London prior to the coronation of King Charles

May 6th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the coronation of King Charles at Westminster Abbey in London

May 9th - 11th
Queen Mathilde as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium will take part in a UNICEF mission to Vietnam

May 9th
King Philippe will visit the 'Royal Escort on Horseback' in their new stables and training complex at the Wisbecq horse stud farm in
Rebecq

May 10th
King Philippe will visit the Jes project in Gent

May 13th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a garden party at Laekn on the occasion of the ten years of King Philippe's reign

May 13th
Princess Claire will visit the Schaerbeek branch of the learning project ToekomstATELIERdelAvenir

May 21st - 25th
Princess Astrid will preside over an economic mission to Senegal

May 25th
King Philippewill visite the Aptaskil bio-pharmaceutical training center in Seneffe

May 30th
Queen Mathilde will be awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Hasselt

May 31st
Queen Paola, King Albert and Princess Claire will attend the ceremony of the Queen Paola Prize for Teaching

 

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June 2023​

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June 1st
King Philippe and Princess Elisabeth will attend the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Khalid Al-Seif in Amman, Jordan

June 14th
King Philippe will visit the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center in Amman as part of a Belgian military exercise in Jordan

June 16th
Princess Astrid will attend the festivities for the 100th anniversary of the Brugmann University Hospital Center in Laeken

June 20th - 22nd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will welcome King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima for a state visit in Belgium

 

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July 2023​

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July 3rd
Queen Mathilde will visit the annual Kom op tegen Kanker/Stand up against Cancer summer camp at the provincial domain Dommelhof in Pelt

July 4th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the inauguration of their busts at the Senate

July 21st
The Royal Family will attend the National Day Celebrations

 

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August 2023​

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August 8th
Queen Paola with Prince Aymeric and Prince Nicolas will attend the 67th commemoration of the tragedy in the Belgian coal mine of Bois du Cazier

 

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September 2023​

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September 3rd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend a mass at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen during which Luc Terlinden will officially assume his duties as head of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels

September 11th - 12th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host the 19th Informal Summit of Heads of State of German-speaking countries in Brussels and Eupen

 

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October 2023​

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October 2nd
Queen Mathilde will visit the new facilities of the Jules Bordet Institute on the Erasmus campus of the Free University of Brussels in Anderlecht

October 3rd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will receive the Mayors of the different cities and towns of Belgium for a reception at Laeken Palace

October 4th
King Philippe will receive Salome Nino Zourabichvili, President of Georgia

October 12th
Princess Astrid will attend the "International Conference on Sustainable Development" organized by Daikin Europe in Ghent

October 19th - 28th
Princess Astrid will preside over an economic mission to the Commonwealth of Australia

 

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November 2023​

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November 7th
Queen Mathilde will chair a roundtable meeting on the theme of well-being and mental health at work, at the headquarters of Realco

 

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December 2023​

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December 1st
Queen Mathilde will attend the Invisible Youth European Summit at the Basilica in Koekelberg

December 5th - 7th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will pay a state visit to Germany

 

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2024

January 2024​

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January 10th
King Philippe will visit the "Train Hostel" for homeless people managed by the Red Cross

January 11th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a New Year's reception for the chiefs of the diplomatic missions in Belgium

January 12th
Queen Mathilde will visit the non-profit organization Visual Disability Employment Training in Montignies-sur-Sambre

January 16th - 18th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

January 30th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the New Year's reception for the main authorities of the country at Laeken Castle

January 31st
King Philippe will visit the Pôle Espace in Uccle, a cooperation center of the Royal Belgian Institute of Space Aeronomy, the Royal Meteorological Institute and the Royal Observatory of Belgium

 

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February 2024​

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February 1st
King Philippe will visit Ferme Nos Pilifs in Neder-over-Heembeek, an adapted work company that celebrates its 40th anniversary this year

February 6th
King Philippe will visit the DO! centre for entrepreneurship at Ghent University

February 6th
Queen Mathilde will pay a visit to GoodPlanet Belgium in Brussels

February 8th
King Philippe will attend the New Year's reception of the Foreign Trade Agency in Val Duchesse

February 8th
Queen Mathilde will visit the Mik’Ados project for young people of the AniMagique organization in Villers-la-Ville

February 9th
Queen Mathilde will visit the primary school GBS Salto in Oud-Turnhout as part of the "Flemish Week against school bullying 2024"

 

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March 2024​

March 3rd - 6th
Queen Mathilde will pay a working visit to Côte d'Ivoire in her capacity as Defender of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

March 8th
Queen Mathilde will view the exhibition "Histoire de ne pas rire. Surrealism in Belgium" at the Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, in Brussels

March 12th
Queen Mathilde will attend a reception to celebrate International Women's Day hosted by Queen Camilla at Buckingham Palace in London

March 13th
King Philippe will visit the POLBRU CADETS project of the Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone

March 13th
Queen Mathilde will visit the secondary school GO!4cITy in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek to attend a workshop of "Teach for Belgium"

March 15th
Queen Mathilde will visit the children and adolescents ward of the Saint Joseph psychiatric hospital in Bilzen (Limburg)

March 18th
Queen Mathilde will attend the 3rd edition of the European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels

March 19th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of East Flanders

 

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April 2024​

April 16th - 18th
The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg will pay a state visit to Belgium

April 29th - May 3rd
King Philippe will pay an official visit to Namibia

 

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May 2024​

April 29th - May 3rd
King Philippe will pay an official visit to Namibia

May 2nd
Queen Mathilde will attend the conference "European Child Guarantee: from commitments to reality" at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

May 3rd
Queen Mathilde will visit GO! the Anderlecht Music Academy

May 7th
King Philippe will visit the Toyota Technical centre in Zaventem

May 7th
Queen Mathilde will attend the Brain Health Summit 2024 in Brussels

May 8th
King Philippe will attend the opening ceremony of the National Games of the Special Olympics Belgium in La Louviere

May 14th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Province of Limburg

May 15th
King Philippe will pay a visit to the Center for Security and Space Studies (ESEC) in Redu

May 16th
King Philippe will visit the non-profit organization DiversiCom

May 16th
Princess Astrid will attend the academic session of the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation and present the scientific prizes for the year 2024 at the Royal Palace in Brussels

May 16th
Queen Mathilde will view the exhibition "Rodin, a modern Renaissance" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Mons

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June 2024​

June 6th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in the Normandy, France

June 16th - 19th
Princess Astrid will preside over an economic mission to Norway

June 18th
Queen Mathilde will attend a conference on the application of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) in the European Union

June 25th
Queen Mathilde will pay a visit to the LBI Leuven Brain Institute of the KU Leuven University

June 27th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the presentation of the King Baudouin Foundation Africa Awards

 

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July 2024​

July 2nd
Queen Mathilde will visit the holiday camp Tournesol for children suffering from cancer on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Foundation against Cancer

July 3rd
King Philippe will visit a farm in Villers-lez-Heest in the province of Namur to discuss the challenges and concerns of the agricultural sector

July 13th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the traditional ceremony that pays tribute to the Belgian and British fighters who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars at the Cenotaph in London

July 20th & 21st
The Royal Family will attend the National Day celebrations 2024

 

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September 2024​

September 3rd
Queen Mathilde will visit the Flemish Institute for the Sea in Ostende

September 9th
Queen Mathilde will attend a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Liège

September 10th
King Philippe will receive 12 everyday heroes selected as part of the "BEHEROES" initiative

September 26th - 29th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will meet with Pope Francis during his official visit to Belgium

 

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October 2024​

October 1st
King Philippe will present the Prize for Dutch Literature to Belgian writer Tom Lanoye at the Royal Palace in Brussels

October 2nd
King Philippe will visit the European Astronaut Training Centre of the European Space Agency in Cologne, Germany

October 11th
King Philippe will - together with King Willem-Alexander - inaugurate the new Terneuzen lock

 

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November 2024​

November 5th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will pay a regional visit to the province of Namur

November 6th
King Philippe will visit A6K & E6K and the Cyber Defence Factory in Charleroi

November 6th
Queen Mathilde will attend a round table meeting in Brussels on the latest advances in breast cancer research

November 7th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will receive Belgian athletes who have particularly distinguished themselves in 2024

November 15th
King Albert, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz and Prince Laurent will attend the King's Day celebrations

November 19th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will receive the new Court Purveyors appointed in 2024

November 19th
Queen Mathilde will visit the Désiré Van Monckhoven primary school in Ghent for a reading aloud session

November 21st
King Philippe will visit the non-profit association CAPITAL in Brussels

November 22nd
Queen Mathilde will hold the opening speech at the International Conference on Children's Rights entitled "Children's Rights at a Crossroads: Evolving Humanitarian Crises"

November 22nd - December 1st
Princess Astrid will be on an economic mission to Brazil

 

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December 2024​

December 3rd - 4th
The Sultan of Oman will pay a state visit to Belgium

December 4th
Queen Mathilde will participate in the 5th edition of the European Health Summit in Brussels

December 5th
King Philippe will receive António Costa, President of the European Council, at the Royal Palace in Brussels

December 6th
Queen Mathilde will view the exhibition "The Worlds of Paul Delvaux" at the Musée de la Boverie in Liège

December 7th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France

December 8th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit the Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Military Academy

December 10th
King Philippe will present the Company of the Year Award 2024

December 11th
King Philippe will visit the headquarters of AG Insurance

December 12th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will receive American veterans prior the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

December 12th
King Philippe will attend the Belgodyssée Awards ceremony at "The Egg" in Brussels

December 14th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will attend the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge in Hamm (Luxembourg) and Bastogne, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg will attend as well

 

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2025

January 2025​

January 7th
Queen Mathilde will view the "Emile Claus. Prince of Luminism" exhibition at the Mudel Museum in Deinze

January 9th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host a New Year's reception for the chiefs of the diplomatic missions in Belgium

January 10th
King Philippe will attend the Salon de l’Automobile in Brussels

January 14th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host the New Year's reception for the NATO permanent representatives and Shape officers at the Royal Palace in Brussels

 

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February 2025​

February 4th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will attend the New Year's reception for the main authorities of the country

February 9 - 12th
Queen Mathilde will visit Costa Rica in her capacity as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium

 

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March 2025​

March 1st - 8th
Princess Astrid will be on an economic mission to India

March 4th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will visit Mechelen as part of the "Volunteer Week" - Mechelen is the first Belgian city to bear the title of "European Volunteer Capital" this year

March 6th
King Philippe will receive the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

March 11th
Queen Mathilde will visit the Tangram School in Vilvoorde as part of the annual campaign against bullying

March 11th
Queen Mathilde will participate in a rhythm training lesson with children at the Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze in Saint Gilles on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the institute

March 12th
King Philippe will visit Technopolis, the interactive science and technology centre in Mechelen, for its 25th anniversary

March 13th
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will host the annual spring concert at the Royal Palace

March 14th
Queen Mathilde will participate in the annual Care Week

March 17th
Queen Mathilde will attend a singing workshop at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels in connection with the "A Bridge Between Two Worlds" programme

March 27th
Queen Mathilde will visit the Maison Auton'Home in Forest

March 31st
Princess Astrid will be present at the presentation of the National Trophy for Sporting Merit at Brussels City Hall

 

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April 2025​

April 1st - 3rd
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will will pay a state visit to Vietnam