It’s that time of year again! For the next few days leading up to the New Year, we will have a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal highlights of 2018. Today, we are taking a look at the Royal State Visits of 2018!
(as always, click on the link to get to the detailed article on the State Visit)
Icelandic State Visit to Sweden|Day 2
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Belgian State Visit to Canada |Day 2|Day 3|Day 4|Day 5
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Luxembourg State Visit to France
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Jordanian Official Visit to the Netherlands
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Portuguese State Visit to Spain
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Dutch State Visit to Luxembourg|Day 2|Day 3
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Slovakia State Visit to Norway
Dutch State Visit to Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania
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Australian State Visit to Belgium
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French State Visit to Denmark|Day 2
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Spanish State Visit to China
Norwegian State Visit to China
Has there been an official state visit from Belgium to the UK since King Philippe became king? I know they visited, but it was not a state visit. I don’t think they’ve gone to Spain either, but I could be wrong. Maybe there’s hope for one or both of those to happen next year?
The last UK-Belgian State Visit was in 1963, so it’s long overdue! I believe they went to Spain in the 90s, and Spain came to them in 2000, but no visits with the new Kings yet! It’s been announced they will be going to South Korea and Luxembourg in 2019, but I’m hoping for a monarchy incoming visit this year!