King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit Rhineland-Palatinate - Day 1
This week, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are making an official visit to the Rhineland-Palatinate land in Germany.
On Tuesday evening, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde had dinner with the founders of BioNTech Group. The German company developed the vaccine against Covid-19 with Pfizer.
On Wednesday, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde first toured the BioNTech headquarters in Mainz.
Afterward, the Royal Couple visited the Gutenberg Museum where they talked with experts on the evolution of media today, the dissemination of information, and digitization.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde then visited the State Chancellery where King Philippe made a speech.
In the afternoon, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visited the chemical company BASF where they discussed the green transition of the heavy industry.
The Royal Couple concluded their first official day in Rhineland-Palatinate with a visit to the "Von Winning" wine estate to learn more about the major challenges climate change poses to viticulture.
On Tuesday evening, Queen Mathilde wore her Carolina Herrera blue outfit.
On Wednesday, Queen Mathilde first wore a Natan Couture outfit with a bespoke Fabienne Delvigne headband (with thanks to Garde Robe Royale). She also wore her Christian Dior bag and Rolex watch.
Queen Mathilde then repeated her Natan pink pleated dress with pink accessories and her Rolex watch.
