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Prince Laurent has accepted a mission as goodwill ambassador for the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, confirms a spokesperson for the Belgian Royal Family.
The world lightweight boxing champion, Delfine Persoon of West Flanders, was received by King Philippe yesterday, following her victory in the WBA world title fight.
The UK’s Prince William and Princess Kate plan to visit Belgium in August this year, as part of the First World War commemorations.
Belgium is one of the few countries where the king bestows official titles of nobility upon men and women of great merit.
Prince Laurent, the younger brother of King Filip, is being held in an artificial coma in the intensive care facility of Saint-Luc Hospital in Brussels, the royal palace has confirmed.
Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde paid their English counterpart a visit Thursday when the royal couple made their first official trip across the Channel to Buckingham Palace.
Opposition to Belgium’s controversial child euthanasia bill, which passed through parliament earlier this month, is now targeting the country’s king to stop it from becoming law.
The royal palace has confirmed the delivery of an anonymous letter to the newsroom of the Dernière Heure newspaper in which the author threatens to kidnap Princess Elisabeth.
King Philippe has apologised to the families of road traffic victims after it was revealed that he had granted a royal pardon to several offenders convicted of traffic violations, leading to reduc
