This year, Austria hosted the 22nd informal summit of the heads of state of the German-speaking countries, namely Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland. On September 2, 2026, the leaders took part in a discussion on the theme “How Europe Wins,” held on the sidelines of the European Forum taking place in Alpbach.
On the second day of the summit, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie, Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin and Caroline Parmelin, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender, and Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and Doris Schmidauer took part in a discussion in Alpbach.
In the evening, a ceremonial reception was held for the heads of state in front of the Hofburg Innsbruck. The palace is a former Habsburg residence and is considered one of the three most significant cultural buildings in the country, along with the Hofburg Palace and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
I love Mathilde’s paint suit on her - fantastic style, fit, and color. Stephanie’s pant suit is also nice, but she tends to hold her purses with straps in the haphazard-looking manner as seen here, which detracts a bit from the polish of her look. Her hairstyling is beautiful. I’m not sure about her bright magenta dress - the fabric around the neck and the shiny fabric maybe not my favorite.
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t was a real typical ceremony Tirolian style with music fanfares. The musicians were dressed in their folkloric costumes and hats with feathers. Their ladies wore the typical "dirndl". On their belt hang the barrel filled with schnapps, ready to distribute under the guests. Beautiful pictures were taken when it was getting dark and the lights were on in the streets. More pictures of this ceremonial welcome are published on other sites. There are no pictures where one can see if they really distributed the schnapps among the royals. When this custom is showed for the tourists one is expected to give them money for the schnapps.
ReplyDeleteFashionwise the ladies were all dressed festive.
Is it just me or is the hemline of GD Stephanie's magenta dress really uneven? Surely it's not meant to be that way. The colour is good on her. Like yesterday, my favourite is Queen Mathilde again (in both of today's outfits).
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