King Philippe has addressed abdication rumours in a brand new interview.

The Belgian king, 65, was requested thirty questions by members of the general public in a video shared by the palace on Tuesday.

One requested whether or not he plans to proceed to work or if he’ll in the future abdicate in favour of his daughter, Princess Elisabeth.

“A King steps again, however isn’t retired,” King Philippe responded, translated to English. “I’ll proceed to work for Belgium, and I need to give my daughter time to take pleasure in her youth, develop herself and see the world and I help her one hundred pc in that and I’ll do every thing I can to present her on a regular basis she must do.”

Belgium has a precedent for abdications as Philippe’s father, Albert II, stepped again from the throne attributable to well being causes and handed it to his son.

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King Phillipe and Queen Mathilde‘s eldest little one, Princess Elisabeth, 23, is inheritor to the Belgian throne.

When she ascends the throne as anticipated, she would be the nation’s first ever queen regnant.

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The princess is presently finding out for a two-year grasp’s diploma in public coverage at Harvard College within the US.

Nonetheless, her place for her second yr on the prestigious college in Cambridge, Massachusetts stays unsure amid President Trump’s bid to ban international college students attending the varsity on a Visa.

Harvard has pushed again with a lawsuit, which means that the rule has been blocked briefly, with a Boston decide extending the block earlier this week.

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The palace’s communications head, Xavier Baert, mentioned final month: “We’re wanting into the scenario, to see what sort of influence this choice may need on the princess, or not. It is too early to say proper now.”

“And we’ll should see what occurs subsequent [school] yr.”

Elisabeth studied for her two-year Worldwide Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic School in Llantwit Main, Wales, earlier than attaining a 2:1 diploma in historical past and politics at Lincoln School at Oxford College in 2024.

The princess attends high-profile royal occasions amid her research and has additionally accomplished a yr of navy coaching.