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[Curryong]

And her niece the Duchess of Brabant joined her in Oxford today.

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Lovely to see them together. The young Duchess seems to be happy at Oxford. Wasn?t Astrid put forward by over-excited newspapers as a possible match for Charles when they were both in their 20s? As far as I remember they didn?t know each other at all! Interesting that the two of them met two days ago on official business.

[TLLK]

@Curryong-  It was her cousin Marie Astrid from Luxembourg that was the one who was being promoted as a possible bride. Most likely because they were close in age and were both from reigning royal families. However as we both know that match would have required her to dispense were her Roman Catholic denomination and join the Church of England.

[PrincessOfPeace]

Queen Mathilde presented the Queen Mathilde Award 2022 'I SEE, IDEA, I DO' of the Queen Mathilde Foundation today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde hosted a reception for Paralympic athletes and participants of the Invictus Games at the Royal Castle in Laken this afternoon:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

Queen Mathilde received Ms Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in charge of the issue of sexual violence committed in times of conflict.

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe received the Ambassadors of Samoa, Brazil and Argentina today:

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[TLLK]

TM are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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[PrincessOfPeace]

Queen Paola, King Albert and Princess Claire attended the ceremony for the Queen Paola Prize for Education 2021-2022 at Laken Castle today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

Royal visit to the Congo.

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Albert and Queen Paola attended the inauguration of the construction site of the King Albert II Institute of Saint-Luc University Clinics today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

Queen Mathilde takes part at the Annual Conference's inauguration of European Microfinance Network today 16 June:

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Allocution de Sa Majest? la Reine - Opening Ceremony of the Annual Conference of the European Microfinance Network | La Monarchie belge

[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde at the Award ceremony of the King Baudouin Prize for Development in Africa in Brussels today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe visited the Belgian military detachment in Constanta, Romania, and met with the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

This morning, June 20, King Philippe met with the family of Congo's former Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba at the Royal Palace in Brussels, "more than sixty one years after his death, the remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium":

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[PrincessOfPeace]

Queen Mathilde attended the European Development Days in Brussels today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe with Queen Mathilde visiting the Province of Limburg today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

June 23, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde received the last class of trainee-diplomats before their departure for working abroad:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

Queen Mathilde had a meeting with Catherine M. Russell, UNICEF's Executive Director, today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe gave an audience on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Mouvement Ouvrier Chretien (Christian Labor Movement) today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe swearing in of Ms Nicole De Moor as Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

July 12, King Philippe received Belgian diplomats who will soon go abroad for the first time as Ambassadors or Consul Generals:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe swore in a new Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade, and of the Federal Cultural Institutions today:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

July 18, Queen Mathilde visited the summer camp of Compagnie Cassiopee of the Catholic Guides in Lavaux-Sainte-Anne:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

July 18, King Philippe swore in Evelyne Lahaye as first President of the Court of Appeal of Liege:

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Philippe's National Day speech has been released today:

Discours de Sa Majest? le Roi ? l?occasion de la F?te nationale | La Monarchie belge