Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg will be making a state visit to Belgium in April 2024. Henri & Philippe are first cousins. This will be the 11th incoming state visit of King Philippe's reign.
Here are some details of the planned activities
16 April 2024
Ceremonial welcome at the Place des Palais in Brussels.
Visit to the Brussels city hall.
State banquet at the castle of Laeken.
17 April 2024
Mathilde & Maria Teresa visit the exhibition "Histoire de ne pas rire. Surrealism in Belgium" at Bozar in Brussels.
Visit to North Sea Port & Anglo Belgian Corporation in Ghent.
Lunch at the new Provinciehuis.
Mathilde accompanies the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Couple to the Sint-Baafs cathedral where they witness Jan Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece (Lam Gods).
Return concert of the Luxembourg Philharmonic at Flagey in Brussels.
18 April 2024
Mathilde and Maria Teresa visit Child Focus in Brussels.
Thematic lunch about Belgo-Lux cross-border partnerships, at the Prince-Bishop's Palace in Liège.
A walkabout at the Place Saint-Lambert in Liège closes the state visit.