On Friday, July 17, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium inaugurated the exhibition, @yourservice, at Palais d’Egmont in Brussels.
Organized by the Belgian Foreign Affairs on the occasion of National Day the exhibition features works by various Belgian artists including Mr. Johan Muyle, Ms. Stéphane Halleux, and Mr. Michaël Aerts to name a few.
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived at the Musée des Arts Contemporains de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (MAC) in Hornu to view Mr. Christian Boltanski’s exhibition entitled, La Salle de Pendus.
The exhibit, which is held on the occasion of the opening of Mons 2015 and is Mr. Boltanski his first major museum exhibition in Belgium, explores the “…themes of memory and remembrance with a series of installations based clothing materials also evoking home the theme of death…” according to the MAC official website.
La Salle de Pendus will be open to the public until August 16, 2015.
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the start of the 5th Edition of the Te Gek?! Tour de France, a mental disease awareness campaign, at Place des Palais in Brussels. The theme of this year’s edition is “…youth and mental health…” according to the Belgian royal court.
Prior to the start of the event Her Majesty met with several representatives from Te Gek?! at the Palais de Bruxelles.
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On Sunday, July 12, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium accompanied by her youngest daughter, Princess Eléonore, attended a special Mass and the Bénédiction de la Mer (Blessing of the Sea) on the beach in Blankenberge.
After Mass the Priest along with parishioners boarded several boats. Then, the Priest said a prayer (to protect all fisherman and sailors), blessed the sea while the parishioners tossed flowers and garlands into the sea.
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On Saturday, July 11, 2015, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium along with their four children, Princess Elisabeth, Princess Eléonore, Prince Gabriel and Prince Emmanuel, visited the Pairi Daiza Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Brugelette, Belgium.
During today’s visit the royal family met the zoo’s latest edition a baby elephant named, Nang Faa, born on May 20, 2015 as well as those cute and cuddly panda bears, Hao Hao and Xing Hui.
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On Tuesday, July 7, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium was in the municipality of Seraing, Belgium, to attend the start of Stage Four of the 102nd Tour de France.
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On July 2, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium arrived at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Heverlee, Belgium to visit with postgraduate students enrolled in the course, Innovating Entrepreneurship in Engineering.
During this afternoon’s visit two teams — Punch Powertrain Solar Team and Formula Electric Belgium — introduced His Majesty to “…an electric race car and a vehicle on solar energy, developed by the students…” according to AFP News.
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