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It's been said like a million times but WHAT IS WRONG WITH LAURENT?
In other news, the press talks about how Prince Laurent got out of the car:
https://www.hln.be/royalty/kijk-prins-laurent-stapt-op-trage-en-bizarre-manier-uit-wagen~aa8bdd08/
Tomorrow, The Queen and The Princess will fly to Egypt ?? in the footsteps of Queen Elisabeth.
To prepare for this visit, the Queen and The Princess have visited a number of exhibitions in recent months:
? "Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt" at @britishmuseum
? "Alexandria: past futures", at @bozarbrussels
? "Champollion, la voie des hiéroglyphes" at @louvrelens
After the visit to ??, the Queen will visit "Expeditions Egypt" at the @arthistorymuseumbrussels, an exhibition about two centuries of fascinating archaeological discoveries in the Land of the Pharaohs and the development of the Egyptian collection of the museum.
On 22 November 1922, Howard Carter discovered an undisturbed pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile, in Luxor. As soon as the news reached Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, she decided to go there to take part in the opening of Tutankhamun's hypogeum, more than three millennia after it had been sealed, in theory for eternity.
"I've always been a woman of passions. Some are known, others less so. One of these is my passion for ancient Egypt," wrote Elisabeth; she proved it by promptly telegraphing Lord Carnarvon, the financier of the excavations, to ask if she would be allowed to join him; permission was of course granted. When the Egyptian authorities heard that the Queen of the Belgians' wanted to visit, King Fuad organised her visit with the help of the British High Commissioner, Lord Allenby.
Thus, in mid-February 1923, Sissi's goddaughter disembarked in Luxor in the company of her son Leopold, the future king, and his Egyptologist friend Jean Capart, and on 19 February the Queen entered what was considered the archaeological discovery of the century. For the occasion, she opted for a long white coat with a fur collar... at 35° Celsius; the international press photographers had a field day.
The sovereign was overwhelmed with emotion and enthusiasm, so much so that on her return she set up the Queen Elisabeth Egyptological Foundation, which remains one of the richest Egyptological and papyrological libraries in Europe, if not the world.
Egyptologist Zahi Hawass already guided King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and their offspring in 2019. “I have met many kings and queens, but they are my absolute favorites.”
It's been a wonderful 3-day visit, Queen Mathilde (who came up with the idea) is a genius.
I think we won't see much of The Duchess until the national day
King Philippe departed for a four-day visit to the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, today, April 11. The visit was announced some weeks ago, but only today it was announced that Prince Gabriël would accompany him, a nice surprise!
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Bot, the launcher (Ariane 5 ECA) and the payload (JUICE, a mission to three of Jupiter's Galilean moons) are ESA, and Belgium is an ESA member state. Guiana Space Center might be in French Guiana, but it belongs to Arianespace and thus, in part, to Belgium.Edit: it looks like they are attending a launch. What is the Belgian involvement with this launch? Otherwise their presence would make no sense.