Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde: July 2004 - October 2004

[saxon]

Offical Title

whats the offical title of Phillipe and Mathilde is it Crown Prince and Princess of Belgium or the Duke and Duchess of Brabant?.....

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Prince Philippe is crownprince of Belgium, princess Mathilde is princess of Belgium.

(there's only 1 crownprincess in Europe, and that's Victoria of Sweden).

They also hold the titles duke and duchess of Brabant.

 

[DKgirls]

More from the olympics. You can see at their faces Belgium wasn't doing very well

We were thinking about that too But they weren't doing any good!!!!! We watched it on TV and the Belgians was doing so bad

Thanks for all the great pics!

 

[Mette2]

Absolutely wonderful pictures, thank you for posting them. It's great to see royals being so enthusiastic at the Olympics, but I wonder if it was too much exitement for Philippe that he had to hold Mathilde's hand - ha,ha. Congratulation with the medals you (Belgium) did get.
The older pictures of Philippe and Mathilde were great too. It's always a great joy to look at pictures of them. Keep them coming.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

I'm glad you like them, Mette!


Here are the latest: 29th August 2004, Philippe & Mathilde meet the Belgian athletes at the Belgian embassy in Athens, Greece.

Looking happier again

 

[Beate]

Great Pictures!! I really missed seeing more pics of Philippe and Mathilde at the Olympics.. Thank you! Did they get to meet tennis player Justine Henin- Hardenne?

 

[Jelka]

Great Pictures!! I really missed seeing more pics of Philippe and Mathilde at the Olympics.. Thank you! Did they get to meet tennis player Justine Henin- Hardenne?

I don't think so, because Justine Henin-Hardenne immediately left after her victory for New York, where the US Open started yesterday.

 

[sara1981]

nice pictures,catherine

the CP Phillipe and Mathilde will be wonderful to meet athletes in Athens

Sara Boyce

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

New picture of Mathilde on the site of the Belgian monarchy

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

3rd September 2004

Prince Philippe was present at the memorial Ivo Vandamme in the king Baudouin stadium in Brussels.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

A bit of old news:

Philippe & Mathilde visiting the diamond stock exchange in Antwerpen.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

the couple at Amalia's baptism in Amsterdam.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Some more old pics: Mathilde expecting Elisabeth

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Princess Mathilde at a meeting about children's rights.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

More from Mathilde's firts pregnancy. Here she visited the company Nutricia, with Philippe, and she looked absolutely radiant!

 

[Mette2]

I know I said it just a few days ago but it can't be said enough - absolutely wonderful pictures. I agree with you - she does look radiant. Somehow you keep posting pictures of this couple that I haven't seen before on other boards - keep up the great job and thank you.

 

[Alexandria]

A bit of old news:

Philippe & Mathilde visiting the diamond stock exchange in Antwerpen.

I think the fuschia pink looks so vibrant and energizing on Mathilde. It brightens her face up even more! She looks glowing and radiant. I'm so glad that she wears this colour now and then, particularly at the El Pardo dinner in Spain back in May.

She is one of the few current princesses who wears bright colours now and then rather than the dreary, drab "safe" colours of white, beige, black and navy blue all the time.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

8th September 2004, the duke and duchess of Brabant were present at the official opening of the exposition of Dalí's sculptures. It took place at the domaine of the castle of Roeulx.

 

[ILoveCristina]

I think Mathilde was beautiful!!! (as always, in my opinion...)

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

7th September 2004,

the duchess of Brabant visited a workshop for mentally handicapped people, Lidwina, in Mol, a village in Flanders. I've translated the introduction of an article about it, in today's newspaper.

Princess Mathilde’s visit to the workshops of Mol was the height of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Lidwina foundation. The workshop for mentally handicapped persons employs 420 people and nearly all of them were greeted personally by the princess. “We’re proud of the interest she shows in the goals of these workshops, namely the integration of people with a handicap,” says executive secretary Jean-Paul Melis.

 

[lucys]

I like the picture in which they are both kind of wondering what in the world Dali was thinking. Very funny.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

old pictures: Philippe & Mathilde at the comic festival in Angoulême, France, 2003.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

09 September 2004,Prince Philippe of Belgium (together with a.o.the vice president of Congo, the Director General of UNESCO Yoshiaki Kitamura, the Royal Museum of Central Africa (Tervuren) Director Guido Gryseels and Belgian Cooperation Minister Armand de Decker) attends the opening of the exhibition "CONGO: Nature and Culture in the DRC" presented at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

 

[Hannelore]

One of the reasons why I like this couple so much, is because they know what working is, they're always busy.

Whilst other princes are on holiday most of the time, with an official duty in between two trips, these two are the opposite!!

 

[ILoveCristina]

One of the reasons why I like this couple so much, is because they know what working is, they're always busy.

Whilst other princes are on holiday most of the time, with an official duty in between two trips, these two are the opposite!!

I must say I disagree. I like this couple very much too, but I do not agree on what you say about the other princes. I'll take for example the Princes of Asturias, (I couldn't say much about the other ones, althgough I imagine it is the same) : since their wedding, well, ok, they went on a honeymoon (what's more natural), but then, they have been working very hard!! They went to Hungary, Austria (I think), Panama... and I can't even count how many official "appearances" they made in Spain, plus they were in Athens for the Olympics, etc...

That's why I would say they are not on holiday most of the time, maybe you feel this because lately the CPs have been travelling quite a lot...

 

[Hannelore]

Oh yes, there are other princes who work hard as well, but just as many who don't...

 

[Hannelore]

Just some nice pictures of Mathilde...

 

[Hannelore]

A few years ago the entire Belgian royal family visited the Vatican, here you can see them with the pope. Philippe & Mathilde completely on the left.

 

[ILoveCristina]

I do agree they work very hard!!

 

[ILoveCristina]

Oh yes, there are other princes who work hard as well, but just as many who don't...

Yes, this time I agree. Were you thinking about the Princerly family of Monaco?