Queen Mathilde of Belgium made an elegant display as she visited her son, Prince Gabriel, at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy today.
The monarch, dressed in an elegant checkered coat, was accompanied by her husband, King Philip, on the visit to the school in the French region of Brittany.
Gabriel, 21 years old, is currently on an Eramus exchange from the Royal Military School.
Today, the Queen, 51, looked elegant as she chatted to her son and other students while wearing nude heels and a black and white dress with a statement shawl.
She added a nude hat and a light coat of makeup, including pink lipstick, and made the look more glamorous with a silver hoop earring.
Enjoying the French winter, Mathilde, Phillipe and Gabriel watched the cadets perform training practices during their visits to the facilities.
While Matilde dressed to impress, Gabriel and Phillipe opted for traditional military attire.
Philippe, 64 years old, major general of the Land Component and Air Component and with the rank of rear admiral of the Naval Component. He trained as a pilot and paratrooper and eventually held the rank of in both the Belgian army and air force.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium made an elegant display as she visited her son, Prince Gabriel, at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy today.
The monarch, dressed in an elegant checkered coat, was accompanied by her husband, King Philip, on the visit to the school in the French region of Brittany.
Gabriel (pictured), 21, is currently on an Eramus exchange from the Royal Military School.
Gabriel has been receiving military training since 2022, when he entered the Royal Military Academy of Belgium.
No, on exchange in Saint-Cyr, study geopolitics.
The family is clearly intelligent, with Gabriel’s older sister Elizabeth, who is heir to the throne, currently studying for a master’s degree at Harvard, following a bachelor’s degree at Oxford.
Mathilde, who worked as a speech therapist before marrying into the royal family, has had a busy week of commitments.
Last week he traveled to Liège to see the exhibition ‘The Worlds of Paul Delvaux’ at the La Boverie museum.
The exhibition has been held in honor of the late Belgian painter, who died in 1994, at the age of 96.
Gabriel and Mathilde checked the bed of one of the other students.
Mathilde seemed delighted to chat with the recruits.
Mathilde put her best fashion foot forward for the event when she stepped out in a matching pastel periwinkle jacket and pants set.
The elegant ensemble featured a belt that hugged the queen’s waist, cinching her in and showing off her slender figure.
Mathilde highlighted her style prowess by matching her accessories to her outfit, sporting large, oversized shell-shaped drop earrings and a dark purple crocodile-print clutch.
She wore her golden locks down with a wavy blow-dry, however, snaps from the event show the queen’s hair looking quite disheveled as it appeared to be quite a windy day in Liege.
Mathilde opted for natural makeup, sporty eyeliner and mascara, but kept the base of her face relatively bare.
During the visit, the mother of four children shared a sweet moment with a little girl after she gave the queen a bouquet of white flowers.
Prince Gabriel is currently at the French Royal Military Academy.
Matilda of Belgium photographed during a royal visit to the Saint-Cyr Military Academy
Gabriel aligned himself with other recruits
Mathilde looked typically elegant in a black and white coat
Like father like son! The King and Prince lined up together to watch the troops training.
And Mathilde couldn’t hide her joy, leaning down to greet the young royal fan, who seemed in high spirits as she met the royal.
She was also photographed shaking hands with the representative of the governor of Liège, Aurelie Royer, outside the venue.
The queen spent the day walking through the gallery, looking at the old paintings, which sparked an argument.
Mathilde had previously admired Delvaux’s work and visited another exhibition called Surrealism in Belgium organized in a Brussels gallery where another of her paintings was shown.
On Wednesday, the Belgian Royal Palace shared new portraits of Mathilde and her husband, King Philip, to commemorate the royal couple’s silver wedding anniversary.
The reigning duo put on a display of love as they strolled hand in hand through a picturesque garden.
The Palace wrote on its official Instagram page: ‘The King and Queen celebrate their silver wedding anniversary today. 25 years happily married and for many more!’
During the visit, the mother of four children shared a sweet moment with a little girl after she gave the queen a bouquet of white flowers.
The royal, 51, traveled to the city to see the ‘The Worlds of Paul Delvaux’ exhibition at the La Boverie museum.
She was also photographed shaking hands with the representative of the governor of Liège, Aurelie Royer, outside the venue.
She wore her golden locks up in a wavy blow dryer as she strolled through the gallery.
The queen spent the day walking through the gallery, looking at the old paintings, which sparked an argument.
Mathilde highlighted her style prowess by matching her accessories to her outfit, sporting large, oversized shell-shaped drop earrings and a dark purple crocodile-print clutch.
Mathilde looked typically elegant in an all-white ensemble, which included an ivory blouse with loose sleeves. She completed the elegant ensemble with a pair of pearl earrings.
Philippe looked equally dapper in a black suit and crisp white shirt as he gazed lovingly at his wife.
Philippe, then Crown Prince of Belgium, married Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz in a civil ceremony at Brussels City Hall and a religious ceremony at the city’s Cathedral of Saint Michel and Saint Gudule in December 1999.
On their wedding day, Philippe opted for a military uniform, while Mathilde wore an elegant ivory dress with a buttoned jacket.
In the 25 years since their wedding day, Philippe and Mathilde have had four children: Princess Elizabeth, 23, Prince Gabriel, 21, Prince Emmanuel, 19, and Princess Eléonore, 16.
Before announcing their engagement in 1999, Phillipe and Mathilde managed to keep their relationship a secret for three years.
The Belgian Royal Palace has shared new portraits of Queen Mathilde and King Philip to mark their silver wedding anniversary on Wednesday.
Although reports have varied about how they met, Philippe previously said he “knew immediately” that Mathilde would be his “future wife” after seeing her “from afar.”
The Belgian queen, who was born into one of Belgium’s most respected noble families, earned a diploma with high honors in speech therapy and opened her own practice in Belgium when she was just 22 years old.
She then completed a master’s degree in psychology and continued her studies after marrying Prince Philip, heir to the Belgian throne, graduating with honors in 2002.
Mathilde is the eldest daughter of Count Patrick d’Udekem d’Acoz, former mayor of Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and his wife Anne, a countess who fled Poland after World War II.