Facts about Mathilde

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   Since 2008, the Princess Mathilde Foundation has directly supported over 150,000 Belgian children through initiatives addressing poverty-related educational barriers and healthcare access.

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   Belgian Red Cross operations received substantial support through Mathilde's involvement as patron beginning in 2004, significantly expanding the organization's humanitarian reach across multiple continents.

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   Mathilde's foundation, the Princess Mathilde Foundation, launched in 2008 to combat child poverty and social exclusion across Belgium through educational and healthcare initiatives.

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   Mathilde's multilingual fluency in Dutch, French, German, and English has made her an effective communicator across Belgium's diverse linguistic regions since becoming queen consort in 2023.

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   Mathilde's patronage of the Belgian Red Cross since 2004 has helped raise millions in humanitarian funding across multiple continents.

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   Mathilde studied speech therapy at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium during the 1990s before entering royal life.

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   Three children were born to Mathilde and King Philippe between 2005 and 2008, making her mother to the current Belgian heirs to the throne.

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   In 2023, Mathilde became Belgium's first queen consort in 18 years following King Philippe's accession to the throne.

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   Queen Mathilde of Belgium, born in 1973, worked as a speech therapist before marrying King Felipe of Spain in 2004.

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