“I really like …”: Do you know how Queen Mathilde lets go of her obligations?

In an exceptional documentary, Queen Mathilde reveals herself like never before. Moreover, From his childhood to Ardennes to his humanitarian trips. Therefore, from reading to his anonymous walks with his children, a sensitive portrait of a discreet and deeply human sovereign. &#13. Meanwhile,

It is a rare, intimate and sincere image that Queen Mathilde delivers in the program “Mathilde: in the footsteps of a committed queen”, available in streaming on RTL Play. In addition, In a series of interviews led by Alix Boutard. In addition, the Belgian sovereign returns to her commitment to mental health, but above all, she confides for the first time with so much spontaneity about her passions, her memories and her daily life.

An Ardennes childhood. Therefore, rocked by “i really like …”: do nature

Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz, now the queen of Belgians for over ten years, has grown in Bastogne in a united family, far from the royal splendor. Meanwhile, “In my young years, I spent a lot of time walking. Nevertheless, We were playing in the woods where we spent a lot of time there, ”she says.

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A link still alive today: “You have seen it in my office, there is this work which hangs and which reminds me of these periods of youth spent in the Ardennes forests. Furthermore, So certainly that my love for nature comes from there. Furthermore, »»

This proximity to nature has never left it. Even today. she draws energy and balances: “Take a bike with a friend, go for a dog, watching a beautiful landscape … These are really simple things that do me good. »»

A youth turned to the others – "i really like …": do

Long before entering the media light, Mathilde was already committed for others. At 18, she goes alone in backpack, multiplying stays abroad, often in a humanitarian framework. “One of the first experiences was in the slums of Cairo. I gave French lessons to children in the streets. It gave me the taste to continue, ”she says.

Bolivia, Peru, Nepal, India … This discreet but committed course already prefigures the role that she will later take on alongside King Philippe. whom she met in the late 90s.

Read. laugh and waste time

In this series of interviews, the Queen also evokes moments of letting go, which she agrees despite her responsibilities: “I have a lot of joy to go to the cinema, to the theater … to have a coffee with friends or with family members. Take time. above all be able to waste time, do not have a very strict schedule, do not look at your watch, not have a phone that sounds. Just be able to be there. She smiles. And above all: Read.

“I really like to read, so I also remove a lot of energy from my readings. “She confides a funny anecdote:” I was in a bookstore and I had coffee with one of my children. I had a pile of books that I was going to buy. and a lady arrives, see me, and said to me: “You will certainly give me advice on a book on the Belgian monarchy. So there, I was really very surprised and amused by this remark. »»

Despite her rank. Mathilde takes “i really like …”: do care to preserve simple moments with her children: “For me, it is essential to be able to be with them, to be yourself, to take time. This is important for our balance. »Shopping in all discretion. cultural breaks or bicycle walks: far from clichés, the queen cultivates a life deeply rooted in reality, marked by simplicity, commitment and rare listening.

The program “Mathilde: in the footsteps of a committed queen” is to be streaming on RTL play.