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From 3 December 2023 till 7 December 2023, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians made an official State Visit to their neighbours Germany. The royals were invited by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. This was the program: Day 1 Berlin: welcome ceremony by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and First Lady Elke Büdenbender at the Bellevue Palace. Later they went to the Brandenburger Tor, the symbol of German division during the Cold War, the Brandenburg Gate is now a national symbol of peace and unity. Finally that day the German President organised a state banquet.  At the banquet Queen Mathilde wore the tiara, yes bling!, of the 9 Provinces. There were several famous guests too:  * Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and his wife Kelly.  * Domenico Tedesco, German-Italian football manager who is currently the head coach of the Belgium national team. * Belgian actor Filip Peeters, who has been expanding his career in Germany since 2000. Da...

From 14 till 16 March 2023, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians and Crown Princess Elisabeth of Belgium will travel to Egypt. Which is the Belgian royal  history and connection to Egypt?  On November 22, 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 thousand years after it was sealed, theoretically for eternity. "I have always been a woman of passions. Some are well known, others less so. One 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 could join him; permission was of course granted. When the Egyptian authorities learned that the Queen of the Belgians wanted to visit, King Fuad organized her visit with the help of the British High Com...

When Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium (then Duke of Brabant) married to  Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, the nobel family of Mathilde became immediately famous.  History The history of the d'Udekem family went back to the Late Middle Ages. The earliest records were dated in 1472 with the ancestor of the family: Gooris van Udekem (who bought then a residence).  Around 1716, the family d'Udekem was granted a noble title, but in 1795, after the French revolution, the nobility lost their status.  When King William I of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands reigned  over The Netherlands and Belgium as well, he granted the d'Udekem family their rightful titles.  Jacques François Joseph d'Udekem (1758-1829) was lord of Acoz, Villers, Potteries and Lasprelle, he lived in Louvain in "House den Arent", was granted in 1816 as a Knight of the Province of Hainaut with the title baron. The d'Udekem family held the title of baron but in 2000, after the wedding of...

Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz, the uncle of Queen Mathilde of Belgium has died  on 30 August 2021.  Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz was born on 27 November 1933 as the eldest son  of Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain - baron d'Udekem d'Acoz and Suzanne van Outryve d'Ydewalle.  Talbot house in Poperinge He had two younger brothers: Raoul and Patrick (the father of Queen Mathilde).  Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz became a lawyer specialized in Lease Law. He also was the former mayor of Poperinge and the President of the Council of  Nobility of Belgium. Only in 2000 he became a Count instead of a baron after the marriage of his  niece Mathilde to then Crown Prince Philippe (Now King Philippe of the Belgians). Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz was married to Marie-Madeleine Kervyn d'Oud Mooreghem.  He was accused with fraud. Although he denied everything, he was sentenced later, however he was released from his gult in appeal.  You can see a picture and the an...

Prince Philippe swore allegiance to the constitution in the Belgian Senate. He became the 7th. King of Belgium. Belgian Senate in Brussels - Pictures - Wikipedia I took some snapshops of the television screen. So, enjoy this historic day. Children of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde  Queen Mathilde  Queen Mathilde & Queen Fabiola  The Belgian Royal Family