Yesterday evening, on March 12, 2018, Monday, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde attended a state dinner in the Ballroom of Rideau Hall, the official residence of Governor General Julie Payette of Canada.
On June 12, 2019, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde attended presentation ceremony of The King Baudouin Prize for Development, held at Royal Palace in Brussels.
On June 13, Queen Mathilde visited two farms in Heers and Lummen of the Limburg province. During the visits, the Queen met the female farmers. In Heers, The Queen firstly visited a farm that breeds cattle, grows crops and strawberries and focuses on green care. In Lummen, she visited a farm that grows kiwi berries and strawberries.
On June 18, 2019, Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the opening session of the European Development Days 2019 (ADD19) at Tour & Taxis in Brussels, Belgium.
Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Elisabeth of Belgium visited Kalobeyei Primary School and Jitegemee Trainings Centre at Kakuma Refugee Camp in the North-western region of Kenya.
Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Elisabeth visited AMREF Dagoretti Child Protection and Development Centre, in Dagoretti, western of Nairobi, Kenya.
On the afternoon of June 26, Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Elisabeth visited the ACAKORO Football Academy in Korogocho urban informal settlements, in Nairobi. ACAKORO Community Based Organization (CBO) is a football project with a social approach in Korogocho slum, Nairobi, Kenya.
Queen Mathilde met with First Lady Margaret Kenyatta at State House in Nairobi.
Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Elisabeth met with Kenyan visual artist Cynthia Nyongesa in Nairobi. Cynthia Nyongesa is a youth advocate of the UNICEF Kenya. Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Elisabeth then visited Kajiado County and met with a Maasai community living in Kajiado. The Queen and the Crown Princess visited the Ilbisil Primary School in a Maasai Community.
On July 5, 2019, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium received Belgian legend cyclist Baron Eddy Merckx at the Royal Castle in Brussels on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his first victory in Tour de France in 1969, on the eve of the start of the 106th edition of Tour de France cycling race.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde arrived at Erfurt-Weimar airport in Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. The King and the Queen were welcomed by Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow and his wife Germana Alberti vom Hofe at airport. The King and the Queen will visit Gotha city and the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald.
On July 18, 2019, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium visited 'Science and Culture at the Palace' summer exhibition at the Royal Palace of Brussels.
On 11 July, 2019, King Philippe of Belgium visited the King’s office for the recordings of his speech for Belgium's National Day. During the office visit, Crown Princess Elisabeth accompanied her father. The national holiday of Belgium is celebrated annually on July 21st. Independence Day celebrates the separation of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1831, as well as the formal establishment of the Kingdom.
On July 20, 2019, Before the National Day 2019 celebrations, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium attended the traditional classical music concert held at the Palace of Fine Arts, Bozar in Brussels.
On July 21, 2019, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Crown Princess Elisabeth, Princess Eleonore, Prince Gabriel and Prince Emmanuel of Belgium attended the "Te Deum Mass" at the Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula in Brussels on the occasion of the Belgian National Day.
On July 21, 2019, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the 'Warandepark Festival' held at the Brussels Park on the occasion of Belgian National Day 2019.
On the evening of July 21, 2019, Belgian Royal family, that is, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Crown Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Princess Eleonore and Prince Emmanuel attended the fireworks performed for a celebration of Belgian National Day 2019 in Brussels.
On September 2, 2019, Queen Mathilde took her son Prince Emmanuel to Eureka school in Kessel-Lo, Leuven for the Prince to meet his new teacher on the first day of school. Meanwhile, King Philippe accompanied her daughter Princess Eleonore on the first day of school and took her to Sint-Jan-Berchmanscollege school. It is a tradition in Belgian Royal family to accompany children on the first day of school. In addition, Belgian Royals shared two photos showing Crown Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel and Princess Eleonore in order to celebrate the first day of school.