Gabriel from Belgium celebrates his 19th birthday with a new portrait

Prince Gabriel turns 19 today and photographer Bas Bogaerts photographed the young man to celebrate. The son of the kings of Belgium will go to the Belgian Royal Military School next Monday, as reported from the real home through their social networks. Gabriel is second in order of succession to the Belgian throne, after Princess Elizabeth, the birthday boy’s older sister. In order to take the step to military school, the royal family has had to pass rigorous medical, psychotherapeutic, sports tests and the relevant exams that all candidates must pass. Written tests test the candidates’ knowledge of, among other things, mathematics, French and Dutch.

Matilde and Philip van België celebrate their 23rd birthday in December van married The Belgian king and queen were married on December 4, 1999 and their four children were born from their marriage. The first to be born was Elizabeth, followed by her brother Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel in third, and Princess Leonor, the youngest of the house. On July 21, we were able to see the whole family during the celebration of the country’s National Day, an annual event that they always attend. The Belgian royal family opted for a outfits of the most colorful to celebrate the big day.

Queen Matilde wore a bright yellow dress with French sleeves, a funnel neck, a hat, leather gloves and a gold flower-shaped brooch to match her earrings. His daughters, Leonor and Isabel, also chose very bright colors to enjoy the day. The youngest of the four siblings opted for a sky blue dress, while her older sister wore a Victoria Beckham design with flared sleeves, openings in the shoulder area and a fitted silhouette that highlighted her figure. The four brothers walked together and demonstrated the good understanding between them. The eldest daughter walked while holding her brother Emmanuel’s arm to feel more secure.

Although the outfits drew all eyes, King Felipe’s brother inadvertently became the protagonist of this party. Prince Laurent revolutionized social media by being caught on camera with the taking the cellphone in the middle of the act and after a few seconds put it away again, a gesture that was repeated last year under the incredulous gaze of the kings of Belgium. This year he has outdone himself and it seems he also decided to take a rest, closing his eyes as if taking a nap. It probably cost him another reprimand. At the moment, the eyes are on Prince Gabriel and his imminent incorporation into the Belgian Royal Military Academy.

Gabriel studied International Baccalaureate at the International School of Brussels. He has been playing the piano for many years and is a great lover of the sports world, and currently football, cycling, skiing, taekwondo, sailing, tennis and hiking, and some time ago he left hockey behind, a hobby he had been practicing for nine years at a club in Brussels. Now he will start a new phase in his life, following in the footsteps of his sister Isabel, who completed the first year of social and military sciences at the same center as Gabriel will now do. In the 2020-2021 academic year, we were able to see her in a camouflage suit while practicing shooting. The young woman was given the blue beret by her own father after she completed her education.

Princess Elizabeth took part in the military parade of last year’s National Day, under the proud gaze of their parents. Today she studies at Oxford University and seems to be a very applied and responsible young woman in her studies. Little by little, Matilde and Felipe’s four children shape their lives as they mature. Gabriel’s birthday has brought us his latest portrait, in which you can see how his physique leaves the adolescent to make way for the adult.