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The Constitution was changed in 1991: Princesses can now also ascend the throne and become Queen. Princess Elisabeth, who is the eldest of four children of King Philippe, is therefore the heiress of the Belgian monarchy. When she succeeds her father King Philippe, Princess Elisabeth will be the first woman to become Head of State in Belgium.
Dec 11, 2023 · Monday, 11 December 2023. By Maïthé Chini. Queen Mathilde of Belgium and King Philippe of Belgium. Credit: Belga/Benoit Doppagne. For the first time, Belgium's King Philippe bares his soul in a unique documentary about his ten years on the throne, which will be broadcast by Flemish and Walloon broadcasters VRT and RTBF from Friday.
Jul 21, 2023 · Like De Croo, about one in four (39%) of those polled thought that Philippe had modernised the monarchy, and 58% indicated that they saw him as a good ambassador for Belgium abroad. Only two months ago, Philippe's good professional relationship with the Sultan of Oman played a role in helping to release aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who had ...
Oct 15, 2020 · Belgium's Princess Delphine finally met her half-brother King Philippe for the first time, following her successful legal battle to use a royal title. The siblings enjoyed a "warm encounter" last ...
Philippe is King of the Belgians. He is the eldest child of King Albert II and Queen Paola. He succeeded his father upon the former’s abdication for health reasons on 21 July 2013. He married Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz in 1999, with whom he has four children. Their eldest child, Princess Elisabeth, is first in the line of succession.
Belgium is a "hereditary parliamentary constitutional monarchy". But what does this rather complicated expression actually mean? Hereditary: King Philippe succeeded his father, King Albert II. He, in turn, succeeded his brother Baudouin (who had no children), who himself had succeeded his father Léopold III, ...
Philippe of Belgium. Philippe ( French: Philippe Léopold Louis Marie de Belgique, Dutch: Filip (s) Leopold Lodewijk Maria, German: Philipp Leopold Ludwig Maria; born Castle of Laeken, Brussels, 15 April 1960) is the King of the Belgians and a constitutional monarch. He is the son of King Albert II and his wife Paola of Belgium.
