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Before the traditional civil and military parade, King Philip reviewed the military troops. The ruler went up the Rue de la Loi aboard a Lynx, a jeep specially chartered for the occasion, before being joined shortly before 4 pm by his wife Queen Mathilde.
King Philippe reviewed the military troops, this Saturday afternoon, before the traditional civil and military parade that marks as every year the festivities of July 21. The king went up the rue de la Loi aboard a Lynx, a jeep specially chartered by the army for the occasion, before being joined shortly before 16h by his wife Queen Mathilde. Meanwhile, Prince Laurent, Princess Claire, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz took their places in the tribune of honor, as did the four children of the royal couple who had walked from the Palace.
The couple Royal, escorted to the Place des Palais, was awaited by the Bourgmestre of the City of Brussels, Philippe Close. The king and queen then saluted the war invalids, 100 years after the end of the First World War, and the medalists for an act of courage.
At the foot of the platform, they were greeted by the president of the Senate Christine Defraigne, Speaker of the House Siegfried Bracke, Prime Minister Charles Michel, Speaker of the Brussels Parliament Charles Picqué, Speaker of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Philippe Courard, Speaker of the German-speaking Community Alexander Miesen, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Walloon Government Willy Borsus, Minister-President of the German-speaking Community Oliver Paasch, Bart Tommelein, to represent the Flemish Government, and André Flahaut, for the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. The French-speaking and Dutch-speaking presidents of the Constitutional Court and the first president and general prosecutor of the Court of Cbadation were also present.
N-VA Defense Ministers Steven Vandeput and Interior Minister Jan Jambon will take turns sides of the rulers during the parade, which began at 4pm.
The royal couple, escorted to the Place des Palais, was expected by the mayor of the City of Brussels, Philippe Close. The King and Queen then saluted the war invalids, 100 years after the end of the First World War, and the medalists for an act of courage.
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