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🚨 JUST IN: Belgium’s Queen Mathilde will NOT travel to Saudi Arabia to lead a trade mission.
🇧🇪🇸🇦 The trip (Nov 21–26) has been postponed following a “thorough assessment of the security situation”, after consultations with the Foreign Trade Agency, Royal Palace and government.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to Kazachstan
💬 “My name Philippe means friend of horses [in Greek],” King Philippe says while visiting a country club in #Almaty, #Kazakhstan today.
🐴 The horses also show great interest in him and Queen Mathilde. They try to pet them a few times.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 King Philippe and Queen Mathilde try archery in #Almaty, #Kazakhstan.
🏹 “First my husband,” she says. He asks photographers to step back, then hits the mark.
❌ Mathilde: “Stay 10 meters back!” She misses her first shot, but goes for a second try. hln.be/royalty/kijk-koning-f…
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde try archery in #Almaty, #Kazakhstan.
🏹 “First my husband,” she says. He asks photographers to step back, then hits the mark.
❌ Mathilde: “Stay at least 10 meters back!” She misses her first shot, but goes for a second try.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to Kazakhstan, Day 3
🛫 King Philippe and Queen Mathilde arrived in Almaty after leaving Astana earlier this morning.
📅 On today’s agenda: visits to the Institute of Nuclear Physics and a museum, alongside exploring Kazakh nomadic heritage.
🇧🇪🇺🇦 Tomorrow, Belgian King Philippe will receive Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, for an audience at the Royal Palace in Brussels. This meeting takes place just after his State Visit to Kazakhstan, a country that maintains close ties with both Russia and Europe.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to Kazakhstan, Day 3
🛫 King Philippe & Queen Mathilde leave Astana, seen off by President Tokayev, to head to Almaty.
📅 On today's agenda: visits to the Institute of Nuclear Physics, a museum, and Kazakh nomad heritage.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to #Kazakhstan
👑 King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visited the National Museum in #Astana, accompanied by President Tokayev.
🎨 They viewed historic stone carvings, works by Belgian painter James Ensor, the Golden Man and a traditional nomadic yurt.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to #Kazakhstan, Day 1
👑 King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are invited to a state dinner, hosted by President Tokayev. No state banquet, so no presentation of the delegations, no anthems, no speeches, no tiara for the queen.
📍 Reception House, #Astana
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to #Kazakhstan, day 1.
👦 King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit the National Children’s Rehabilitation Center in #Astana.
🥼 It’s a specialized medical and social institution operating under the guidance of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to #Kazakhstan:
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde pose for photographers in front of the Bayterek Tower, #Astana’s most iconic monument and observation deck, standing 97 meters tall in the capital of Kazakhstan.
Belgian King Philippe spoke Kazakh: “Shanyragyn biyik bolsyn” (‘May your shanyrak be high’), wishing everyone a happy and prosperous life! “I hope I said it right.”
🇧🇪🇰🇿 The State Visit of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium to #Kazakhstan has begun.
🤝 At the Presidential Palace in #Astana, they were welcomed by President #Tokayev.
👑 Philippe and Mathilde are the first European monarchs to pay a State Visit to this country.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 The State Visit of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium to #Kazakhstan has begun.
🤝 At the Presidential Palace in #Astana, they were welcomed by President #Tokayev.
👑 Philippe and Mathilde are the first European monarchs to pay a State Visit to this country.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Arrived at the Presidential Palace in #Astana.
🤝 The State Visit of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium to #Kazakhstan will begin shortly with a welcome ceremony with President #Tokayev.
👑 They are the first European monarchs to pay a State Visit to this country.
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde have arrived in #Kazakhstan, where they were welcomed by President Kassym-Jomart #Tokayev.
🛫 They are the first European monarchs to pay a state visit to the country.
📍 Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, #Astana
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are heading to Kazakhstan.
🛫 They are the first European monarchs to pay a state visit to the country.
📍 Melsbroek Military Airport, Brussels
🇬🇧 ‘Zwanenzang’ verschijnt morgen, maar ik kon het al lezen.
✒️ In zijn boek over zijn zus deelt Charles Spencer de reden die prinses Diana hem opgaf voor haar scheiding: ze was ervan overtuigd dat haar man (toen) prins Charles verliefd was op zijn lakei. hln.be/royalty/charles-spenc…
Princess Claire FaceTimes her parents-in-law, King Albert, 92, and Queen Paola, 89.
🇧🇪 Princess Claire represented her mother-in-law Paola at a record attempt for Belgium’s longest lunch table.
📱 Queen Paola, 89, and King Albert, 92, watched via FaceTime.
💬 “Just to check if everything is going to plan,” Claire joked. hln.be/royalty/albert-en-pao…
🇧🇪 Princess Claire represented her mother-in-law Paola at a record attempt for Belgium’s longest lunch table.
📱 Queen Paola, 89, and King Albert, 92, watched via FaceTime.
💬 “Just to check if everything is going to plan,” Claire joked. hln.be/royalty/albert-en-pao…