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Belgian residents can now nominate everyday heroes in their lives to be honoured during the National Day ceremony on 21 July.
Roberto Martinez, current manager of Belgium’s national football team, is momentarily replaced by the King of Belgium during a short video posted by the Red Devils on YouTube.
Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde gave 788 financial gifts totalling €149,591 last year, according to the Royal Palace.
Teachers, healthcare workers, scientists and those who have suffered from Covid were among those honoured by Belgium's King Philippe in his traditional televised end-of-year message.
King Philippe has expressed sympathy to the victims of last week's widespread flooding, and praised the outpouring of solidarity that has followed, in a televised address to mark Belgium's 21 July
2021 will be "a year in which we can move forward again" and "believe again in the future", Belgium's King Philippe has said.
King Philippe made his traditional Armistice Day visit to the Congress Column on Place du Congrès today. He laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the foot of the column.
King Philippe has met his half-sister Delphine for the first time, a week after the courts ruled she could be addressed as Princess and take the name of her father, former king Albert II.
The coronavirus crisis presents "a unique opportunity to rethink our economy and our society", King Philippe has said in a televised message to mark Belgium's national day.
