Belgian royals celebrate Chinese history
Belgian royal family members attended the official opening of the Europalia international art festival at the Brussels Center for Fine Arts on October 8. The festival is held once every two years to celebrate a chosen country’s cultural identity. The festival’s current guest country is China. After the opening ceremony, the royal family toured the Son of Heaven exhibition about the history of China’s emperors.
In photo, from left to right: Belgium’s Prince Lorenz, Princess Astrid, and Queen Paola; China’s Vice President Xi Jinping; and King Albert II of Belgium. (Photo: JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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