Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz of Belgium Current Events 4, April 2019- present


If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
See posts with no answers
Royal Central says Princess Astrid has fractured several vertebrae while exercising but hasn't had to stay in hospital. All good wishes for her recovery.
 
I would not have been shocked if this news had related to her younger brother, but am taken aback that Princess Astrid, with her reputation for being dutiful, conservative, and discreet, violated the speed limit so dangerously. (And, while they are not responsible for one another's actions, the public will probably recall that her younger son also breached safety regulations when he skipped a mandatory quarantine to attend his girlfriend's birthday party.) A public apology and explanation is probably in order.
 
I don't think this will be considered big deal, more as something slighty amusing than anything else. Half of Belgium is getting speeding tickets, if not more. It does not help that the speed limit changes often. It is easy to miss a sign and stick to the speed that you had been driving at. Navigation sets in cars are not always aligned with new -sometimes temporary- speed limits either so they are not always much help. Normally for an A-numbered highway the regular speed would be 120 km per hour, which she was driving.

In Luxembourg it is worse btw, they change the max. speed on the road nearly every kilometer. And very shortly after the change there often follows a traffic camera, which leads to people standing on their brakes and to dangerous situations. In the Netherlands it was a mishmash of different speeds as well... the fate of small and densely populated countries with lots of roads perhaps and a good cash machine for the traffic police.

I would find 150 km per hour on a highway -also an excess of 30 km/h- more problematic as it is very clear that will not be allowed under any circumstances. In this case there can be multiple explanations for the fine.
 
Last edited:
Marengo, that sounds very likely. Although 125 EUR fine doesn't seem that much for speeding 30 km/h over the speed limit.
 
:previous:

The traffic fines in the Netherlands are exceptionally high in comparison to Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain etc. At least that is my experience, not that I am getting tickets on a regular basis but over the years it does happen from time to time & usually not by purposly violiting traffic laws but due to unclarity or distraction.
 
Last edited:
Last edited by a moderator:
On October 27 Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz attended the inauguration of the exhibition "Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain" organized by KU Leuven and UC Louvain at the main reading room of the university library of KU Leuven.

And they visited the non-profit support association "Les amis d’Accompagner" in Koekelberg:


** twitter post **
 
Princess Astrid has handed out the Simone and Pierre Clerdent Foundation Prize at Colonster Castle today, December 15.
The foundation supports medical research in the field of neurological and human diseases.


** rtc.be video: La Princesse Astrid a remis le prix de la Fondation Simone et Pierre Clerdent **


And she met with the Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh prior to the 50th anniversary celebrations of the diplomatic relations between Belgium and Vietnam in 2023:


** Pic **
 
Last edited:
On February 15 Princess Astrid attended the award ceremony of the Generet 2022 Prize for rare diseases at "Autoworld" in Brussels.
This year the prize was awarded to Professor Ludo Van Den Bosch, "responsible for the neurobiology laboratory at VIB-KU Leuven, for his research in the field of experimental neurology":


** Pic **
 
To mark today's International Rare Disease Day Princess Astrid visited the Takeda Plasma-Based Therapies Biotech Manufacturing Site in Lessines today, February 28:


** rex gallery ** gettyimages gallery **
 
On October 5 Princess Astrid attended the presentation of the 2022 prizes awarded by the health research funds managed by the King Baudouin Foundation:


** Pic **
 
Princess Astrid attended the 75th anniversary celebration of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium on October 12:


** Pic **
 
Princess Astrid visited the laboratory of Professor Rademakers, laureate of the 'Generet 2022' prize of the King Baudouin Foundation, at the Campus Drie Eiken, University of Antwerp, today, November 10:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** rex gallery ** gettyimages gallery **
 
Princess Astrid attended the EU-INDO-PACIFIC Ministerial Forum in Brussels today, February 2:


** Pic **
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

iceflower
  • Sticky
Crown Prince Haakon's Current Events Part 4: February 2025 -
Replies
16
Views
2K
Blog Real
Blog Real
iceflower
  • Sticky
Imperial Family of Japan Current Events Part 4: March 2025 -
Replies
3
Views
370
iceflower
iceflower
Marengo
Royal Family of Belgium, Current Events 10: Jan 2025-
2
Replies
32
Views
3K
Adda
Adda
iceflower
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako Current Events Part 2: January 2025 -
Replies
22
Views
2K
iceflower
iceflower
iceflower
Prince Nikolaos & Chrysi News & Current Events Part 1: 2025 -
4 5 6
Replies
168
Views
27K
Mary23
M

Latest posts

Back
Top Bottom