King's Feast 2004 - present


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Hopefully Queen Paola will be well enough for all of those events :previous:
 
I was invited but this year did not go .
The Day is free only for those working in Public Adminstrations.
When I was young it was a Public Holiday.
 
It seems that Prince Laurent was supporting the police. He told the press tjhat he was in favor of the police not working for one day, so people would realise what would happen without them. He and his wife posed with a policewoman between them for the cameras.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1592492223928713217

Several policemen and women were protesting in front of the cathedral after a collegue of theirs was killed last week in Schaerbeek. After the prince posed with the policewoman the protesters were cheering Laurent's name.
 
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Marengo said:
It seems that Prince Laurent was showing the police. He told the press tjhat he was in favor of the police not working for one day, so people would realise what would happen without them. He and his wife posed with a policewoman between them for the cameras.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1592492223928713217

Several policemen and women were protesting in front of the cathedral after a collegue of theirs was killed last week in Schaerbeek. After the prince posed with the policewoman the protesters were cheering Laurent's name.
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Last year there was also a protest during this event.
It seems that Belgians take advantage of these events to protest.
 
This year the celebrations for the King's Feast will begin on 14 November: King Albert, Queen Paola, Princess Astrid, Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend a ceremony at the Palais de la Nation. The themes for this year are King Philippe's 10 years on the throne and the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2024

https://www.monarchie.be/fr/agenda/fete-du-roi-0

The same family members will also attend the traditional Te Deum in the Cathedral of Saints-Michel-et-Gudule on 15 November:

https://www.monarchie.be/fr/agenda/te-deum-a-loccasion-de-la-fete-du-roi-1
 
King Albert making sure Princess Astrid isn't too far away.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1724719291067445361

Albert seems to be in fantastic shape compared to his state back in June. He and Paola look wonderful.

Sad that the kids can't attend because of school. There's an empty chair besides Laurent, so perhaps Claire was supposed to attend.
 
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Nice to see King Albert and Queen Paola doing so well. It seems they had an Italian fan in the public. A pity that pss Claire was unable to attend, the empty chair indeed may mean a late minute cancellation.
 
Princess Claires attendance at Royal Events has been hit and miss ,was also strange not to see Prince Lorenz there.
 
Marengo said:
Nice to see King Albert and Queen Paola doing so well. It seems they had an Italian fan in the public
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King Albert really looked much better today than on National Day, very nice to see. Both him and Paola seem to be doing well.
Yes, in a video shared by Wim Dehandschutter there seems to be a woman speaking Italian in the public, at some point she says she wants to take a picture of Astrid and her parents and Astrid replies to her in Italian: "con piacere"
 ("my pleasure"), here at around 0'30.
Here's some nice pictures taken by bystanders, after the Te Deum:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=933280061563151&id=100046434986097
 
Good to see King Albert in good shape after his health struggle in summer. He is the only one of his siblings who good the longevity gens of ther grandmother Queen Elisabeth. But also good to see Queen Poaola in goog shape.
 
Stefan said:
Good to see King Albert in good shape after his health struggle in summer. He is the only one of his siblings who good the longevity gens of ther grandmother Queen Elisabeth. But also good to see Queen Poaola in goog shape.
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Indeed, it was also highlighted by Wim Dehandschutter on X/Twitter:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1724751290352185458
King Albert is now slightly older than his grandmother Queen Elisabeth ever got to be. Unfortunately both his sibilings died much younger, Baudouin especially, of course
 
Stefan said:
He is the only one of his siblings who good the longevity gens of ther grandmother Queen Elisabeth.
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Well...we don't know how much Princesses Marie-Christine and Marie-Esmeralda will live ;)
 
I love Queen Paola in her Nonna Queen era. This is the happiest I think I have ever seen her. This couple has not always been good for, or to, each other yet they are bookending their lives on a happy note.
 
Saragli said:
I love Queen Paola in her Nonna Queen era. This is the happiest I think I have ever seen her. This couple has not always been good for, or to, each other yet they are bookending their lives on a happy note.
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I agree that Paola looks very happy and well in these pictures!
However, it's worth remebering that Albert and Paola reconciled (and even "remarried"!) many years ago (the two of them said in an interview that it was around 10-12 years before Albert became King , so in the early 1980s), so it's not a recent thing. The happy years in their now almost 65-year-long marriage are less talked about, but they were certainly more numerous than the bad ones (which were really bad, no doubt!)
 
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Biri said:
Well...we don't know how much Princesses Marie-Christine and Marie-Esmeralda will live ;)
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Of course. But then they do not have the longelivity genes of the Bernadottes
 
Koningsdag seems a rather mellow occasion in Belgium. How many Belgians celebrate this day (as apparently it is a normal school day) and how?
 
Somebody said:
Koningsdag seems a rather mellow occasion in Belgium. How many Belgians celebrate this day (as apparently it is a normal school day) and how?
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In the Netherlands King's Day is the national holiday, but the Belgians have their National Day on July 21 and it isn't a mellow occasion at all. The King's Feast is not a national party, although it could certainly be better organized.
 
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Tomorrow, as every 15th November, the King's Feast will be celebrated in Belgium with a Te Deum and a ceremony at the Parliament.
King Albert, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz, Prince Laurent and Princess Claire will attend the Te Deum at St.Michel and St.Gudula Cathedral:
Te Deum ter gelegenheid van Koningsdag | De Belgische Monarchie

King Albert, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz will also attend the ceremony at the Federal Parliament:
Plechtigheid van de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, de Senaat en de Federale Regering ter gelegenheid van Koningsdag | De Belgische Monarchie

As it was announced a few days ago, Queen Paola will miss the celebrations due to a fall
 
No Delphine this year?🙄

Anyway, the Belgian Royal kids are really missed at this event. I hadn't realized how much their presence brightens things.
 
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Moonmaiden23 said:
No Delphine this year?🙄

Anyway, the Belgian Royal kids were really missed at this event. I hadn't realized how much their presence brightens things.
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The event has always been reserved for working members of the royal family. After her disgraceful, treacherous letter to the PM last year, she should be ashamed of herself, although I don't expect an entitled narcissist like her to understand her place.

Hopefully once Elisabeth finishes her master's degree, we'll see more of her. Same for Gabriël.
 
Moonmaiden23 said:
No Delphine this year?🙄

Anyway, the Belgian Royal kids were really missed at this event. I hadn't realized how much their presence brightens things.
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She has never been present at this event, so no surprise. Of course last year she complained about it, but it has always been reserved to working members of the family, which she isn't.
King Philippe's children will be present when they'll have finished their education, no doubt.
It's a pity that this year Paola will miss it, but I always like seeing Albert and Astrid together anyway
 
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King Albert will miss Queen Paola's Arm . Princess Astrid will take care of him . Before sitting the Royals have to bow 3 times , on the left in the Front and on the right. I hope Princess Astid will remember.
 
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