Prince Gabriel: News & Events, June 2025 -

[Somebody]

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Welcome to Prince Gabriel's News & Events

Commencing June 11, 2025​

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[Adda]

High-profile visitor in 'Campus Cup' on Thursday evening. In the supporters' stand, the TV viewer could spot Prince Gabriël. The eldest son of King Filip was in the audience to encourage his fellow students of social and military sciences at the Royal Military Academy (KMS) in Brussels. This did not go unnoticed by the presenter of the television quiz Otto-Jan Ham. "It's great that you're here," he nodded towards the prince.

"Hij wilde er graag bij zijn": prins Gabriël duikt plots op in 'Campus Cup' om te supporteren voor zijn studiegenoten

Hoog bezoek in ‘Campus Cup’ donderdagavond. In de supporterstribune kon de tv-kijker prins Gabriël (21) spotten. De oudste zoon van koning Filip zat in het publiek om zijn medestudenten sociale en militaire wetenschappen van de Koninklijke Militaire School (KMS) in Brussel aan te moedigen. Dat...

www.hln.be

 

[Somebody]

The comments below the article are all very supportive of prince Gabriel. Many indicate they are happy that he can be a 'normal student/boy' (or appreciate him doing the officers course at KMS).

 

[IloveCP]

According to this post, Gabriel has graduated from the military academy.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1942875683786481918

 

[Adda]

Graduation date is on August 28th. Congratulations to Prince Gabriël, a young military man through and through.

Belgium can be so proud of their heir AND spare.

Royal Military Academy Belgium on Instagram: "Save the date! This year's Graduation Ceremony will take place on August 28th. 🎉"

132 likes, 0 comments - royalmilitaryacademybelgium on July 8, 2025: "Save the date! This year's Graduation Ceremony will take place on August 28th. 🎉".

www.instagram.com

 

[Somebody]

It will be interesting to see what his next steps will be. Will he serve in the military? Will he start a master's program; and if so, which one and will he do so abroad (which seems the norm for Belgian royals)?

 

[Adda]

In September the Prince will start a fourth year at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels to obtain his master's degree.

He recently spent 2 weeks at a survival camp in French Guyana.

De ontroering van Mathilde en de hartjes van Delphine: herbeleef de nationale feestdag

Maandag was het onze Nationale Feestdag. Van een kerkdienst over het defilé tot een Belgisch feestje: onze koninklijke familie stond de hele dag paraat. Koningin Mathilde was zichtbaar ontroerd toen ze haar zoon prins Gabriël zag opstappen in het defilé, en prinses Delphine ging met alle...

www.hln.be

 

[maria-olivia]

Good question : will he serve in the Military ? Nobody knows.

 

[Adda]

Rumour is he wants to work at the Ministry of Defense. We'll have to wait.

 

[Somebody]

In September the Prince will start a fourth year at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels to obtain his master's degree.

He recently spent 2 weeks at a survival camp in French Guyana.

De ontroering van Mathilde en de hartjes van Delphine: herbeleef de nationale feestdag

Maandag was het onze Nationale Feestdag. Van een kerkdienst over het defilé tot een Belgisch feestje: onze koninklijke familie stond de hele dag paraat. Koningin Mathilde was zichtbaar ontroerd toen ze haar zoon prins Gabriël zag opstappen in het defilé, en prinses Delphine ging met alle...

www.hln.be

Was this announced by the palace? Did they provide any additional information, for example, on the specific degree?

 

[Adda]

Was this announced by the palace? Did they provide any additional information, for example, on the specific degree?

I saw the news posted on RTL as well, so yeah, the info came from the Palace, it's the same modus operandi used to inform about the children's course of action, most recently it's how they disclosed Emmanuel's future in Flanders.
He will do one more year at the academy to leave with a master's, so I'd guess it's the same as his bachelor's: military and social sciences.

 

[Somebody]

Thanks!

I just read on the official website that he was doing part (it said 'currently', so I guess it was the final part but not sure how long he went to France for) of his Bachelor's program in France at the "Académie Militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan", so I wonder whether his trip to French Guyana might have been part of that.

He did his Bachelor in Dutch but the Master will be taught in English. Instead of sharing a room, he will have a private room during his Master's. He will have to pick one of three specializations:
- Security Studies for Defence
- Management Science for Defence
- Defence and Security Technologies

After graduating next year, he will continue internal military training programs (he will among others have to decide which branch he would like to specialize in) before he will officially be employed within the military as a team leader.

Source: https://www.rma.ac.be/nl/Opleidingen/2/Sociale en Militaire Wetenschappen

 

[Adda]

He did his Erasmus at Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, finishing in late January/early February.
Trip to Guyana was something else.

 

[Adda]

Birthday photos on the occasion of Prince Gabriël's 22nd birthday
Photo 1

Photo 2

 

[iceflower]

The birthday message shared by the Palace today:

Prince Gabriel celebrates his 22nd birthday today! After the summer, he will begin the fourth and final year of the social and military sciences program at the Royal Military Academy.

Belgian Royal Palace on Instagram: "Prins Gabriël viert vandaag zijn 22ste verjaardag! 🥳 Na de zomer start hij in het vierde en laatste jaar van de opleiding sociale en militaire wetenschappen aan de Koninklijke Militaire School. ————— Le Prince Gabr

1,094 likes, 14 comments - belgianroyalpalace on August 19, 2025: "Prins Gabriël viert vandaag zijn 22ste verjaardag! 🥳 Na de zomer start hij in het vierde en laatste jaar van de opleiding sociale en militaire wetenschappen aan de Koninklijke Militaire School. ————— Le Prince Gabriel fête ses 22...

www.instagram.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1958047096625369259

 

[CyrilVladisla]

I especially like the photograph of Prince Gabriel sitting on the stairs.

 

[Curryong]

Prince Gabriel resembles his father the King, I think. Doesn’t seem so long ago that he was a little boy. Now he’s a good looking young man with hopefully a great career ahead of him.

 

[Adda]

On the occasion of his twenty-second birthday, the Belgian media outlet Het Laatste Nieuws published a profile of King Philippe's first son. It reveals, among other things, that the survival course he did in the French Guyana, was with the Foreign Legion.

According to information revealed by Het Laatste Nieuws , the son of Philippe and Mathilde of Belgium was sent to this overseas region, on the northeast coast of South America, at the end of June, with seven other students from the Royal Military Academy. There, the 22-year-old also met up with his comrades from Saint-Cyr to train with the Foreign Legion . For two weeks, the young soldiers learned how to survive in the jungle, during an "intensive and physically demanding" course .

Upon their return, Gabriel and his companions marched during the national holiday in Brussels. Admiring the parade from the royal stand, the Queen of the Belgians did not hide her emotion as her first son passed by in uniform. Proud parents, Philippe and Mathilde had visited him last October at the Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Military Academy in Brittany, during his Erasmus exchange. " This military life suits me well : it's simple, sporty, and rigorous," Prince Gabriel confided to Point de Vue on this special day, revealing that he would always have wonderful memories of those few months spent at Saint-Cyr. Very fulfilled, happy in his Rangers, he is preparing to begin this fourth and final year, no doubt with a touch of nostalgia.

‘Boom van België’ prins Gabriël wordt vandaag 22. Wie is die blondharige posterboy écht?

Zijn oudere zus Elisabeth (23) gaat meestal met alle aandacht lopen, maar prins Gabriël – die vandaag 22 kaarsjes uitblaast – komt steeds meer piepen. Met zijn bijna dubbele meter is hij letterlijk en figuurlijk de grote broer in het gezin van koning Filip (65) en koningin Mathilde (52). Zij...

www.hln.be

 

[An Ard Ri]

Birthday photos on the occasion of Prince Gabriël's 22nd birthday
Photo 1

Photo 2

Its hard to believe that Prince Gabriël is 22 years old!

 

[Mbruno]

On the occasion of his twenty-second birthday, the Belgian media outlet Het Laatste Nieuws published a profile of King Philippe's first son. It reveals, among other things, that the survival course he did in the French Guyana, was with the Foreign Legion.

‘Boom van België’ prins Gabriël wordt vandaag 22. Wie is die blondharige posterboy écht?

Zijn oudere zus Elisabeth (23) gaat meestal met alle aandacht lopen, maar prins Gabriël – die vandaag 22 kaarsjes uitblaast – komt steeds meer piepen. Met zijn bijna dubbele meter is hij letterlijk en figuurlijk de grote broer in het gezin van koning Filip (65) en koningin Mathilde (52). Zij...

www.hln.be

A survival course in French Guiana with the Foreign Legion seems very intense, But Gabriel looks very fit and seems to enjoy military life

 

[Somebody]

On the occasion of his twenty-second birthday, the Belgian media outlet Het Laatste Nieuws published a profile of King Philippe's first son. It reveals, among other things, that the survival course he did in the French Guyana, was with the Foreign Legion.

‘Boom van België’ prins Gabriël wordt vandaag 22. Wie is die blondharige posterboy écht?

Zijn oudere zus Elisabeth (23) gaat meestal met alle aandacht lopen, maar prins Gabriël – die vandaag 22 kaarsjes uitblaast – komt steeds meer piepen. Met zijn bijna dubbele meter is hij letterlijk en figuurlijk de grote broer in het gezin van koning Filip (65) en koningin Mathilde (52). Zij...

www.hln.be

The title of the article is: ‘The tree of Belgium’ / no doubt referring to his height.

 

[Moonmaiden23]

As a child and teenager he very much resembled Mathilde and her ancestors, but now he looks more like his father the king, imo

 

[Adda]

On September 30, during a ceremony, Gabriël will be sworn in as an officer, alongside other fourth-year students who have just graduated. They will swear “loyalty to the King, obedience to the Constitution and the laws of the Belgian people.”

Un grand changement pour Emmanuel: voici où nos princes et princesses étudieront cette année

Cette semaine, la princesse Elisabeth s’apprête à faire son grand retour à l’université de Harvard, à Boston, où elle a déjà validé sa première année de master. La princesse Éléonore, elle, a déjà repris le chemin de l’école la semaine dernière et entame sa dernière année dans le secondaire. De...

www.7sur7.be

 

[iceflower]

The Palace shared an overview about Prince Gabriel's military training so far:

Prince Gabriel will be sworn in as an officer this evening at the @royalmilitaryacademybelgium, after successfully completing his Bachelor's degree in Social and Military Sciences last summer.

In his third academic year, he experienced many highlights, including an Erasmus exchange at the military academy of @saintcyrcoetquidan. During that stay in France, he also obtained his parachute certificate after three weeks of training at the Ecole des troupes aéroportées in Pau.

He also participated in a challenging internship at the Centre d’Entraînement en Forêt équatoriale in Guyana: an intensive two-week program known for its demanding physical and mental demands, in which participants are trained in jungle survival and combat techniques.

The Prince is now continuing his studies at the @royalmilitaryacademybelgium as part of his master's degree. He now holds the rank of second lieutenant.

Belgian Royal Palace on Instagram: "💡Prins Gabriël legt vanavond zijn eed af als officier aan de @royalmilitaryacademybelgium, nadat hij afgelopen zomer zijn bachelor in Sociale en Militaire Wetenschappen succesvol afrondde. ✨In zijn derde academiej

6,590 likes, 46 comments - belgianroyalpalace on September 29, 2025: "💡Prins Gabriël legt vanavond zijn eed af als officier aan de @royalmilitaryacademybelgium, nadat hij afgelopen zomer zijn bachelor in Sociale en Militaire Wetenschappen succesvol afrondde. ✨In zijn derde academiejaar beleefde...

www.instagram.com

 

[Adda]

I just couldn't possibly be any prouder of our wonderful Prince. No shortcuts, no tailor-made program, no nonsense.

Pure grit and discipline. I'll be crying tonight almost as much as the Queen.

 

[Moonmaiden23]

The magnificent "Tree of Belgium" will graduate in just a few hours! What an accomplishment for Prince Gabriel!

 

[Mbruno]

The Palace shared an overview about Prince Gabriel's military training so far:

Belgian Royal Palace on Instagram: "💡Prins Gabriël legt vanavond zijn eed af als officier aan de @royalmilitaryacademybelgium, nadat hij afgelopen zomer zijn bachelor in Sociale en Militaire Wetenschappen succesvol afrondde. ✨In zijn derde academiej

6,590 likes, 46 comments - belgianroyalpalace on September 29, 2025: "💡Prins Gabriël legt vanavond zijn eed af als officier aan de @royalmilitaryacademybelgium, nadat hij afgelopen zomer zijn bachelor in Sociale en Militaire Wetenschappen succesvol afrondde. ✨In zijn derde academiejaar beleefde...

www.instagram.com

In the United States, the rank of second lieutenant is granted only after the officer cadet is sworn in. From the wording in the Palace statement ("Prince Gabriel will be sworn in as an officer this evening", but "He now holds the rank of second lieutenant"), should we conclude that, in Belgium, one becomes a second lieutenant before taking the oath of office?

 

[Somebody]

The word used in French is desormais, meaning ‘from now on’. So, I suppose that is indeed from the moment he is sworn in as officer today.

 

[iceflower]

The ceremony this evening:

KIJK. Prins Gabriël legt eed af als officier, ook jongste zus Eléonore woont ceremonie bij

Prins Gabriël (22) is nu officier aan de Koninklijke Militaire School, kortweg KMS, in Brussel. Wat het extra bijzonder maakte: hij legde dinsdagavond de eed af tegenover zijn vader, aangezien koning Filip (65) opperbevelhebber van het Belgische leger is. Ook zijn moeder koningin Mathilde (52)...

www.hln.be

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973078922016268562

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973085232443060379

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973089465649258598

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973100323410489440

 

[Mbruno]

The ceremony this evening:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973078922016268562

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973085232443060379

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973089465649258598

Didn't he take the oath in German also as his sister? They only showed the oath in Dutch and French in this clip apparently (maybe it is not the full footage).

I don't know either why the Prince had to shout the oath like that. I mean, it is not boot camp and he is not replying to a drill sergeant (just my humble opinion).