Brussels, Sunday 10 November 2024 – His Most Serene Highness Prince Charles-Louis d’Arenberg, Knight Grand Cross of Justice, Delegate of the Kingdom of Belgium, assisted by Consul General Gunnar Riebs, Knight Grand-Cross of Merit, Vice Delegate of the Kingdom of Belgium, invested the new Knights on the mandate of His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Grand Master:
Rev. Abbot Andy Penne, Ecclesiastical Knight of Grace
Mister d’Hanens, Commander of Justice
Baron Stephane de Jamblinne de Meux, Knight Officer of Justice
Conte di Villelume, Knight of Grace
Attorney Filip Goddevriendt van Oyenbrugge, Knight Officer of Merit
Dott. Joost Vander Auwera, Knight of Merit
Dott. Stefano Arroque, Knight Officer
The investiture ceremony of the new knights took place in the church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg. The Pontifical Holy Mass was presided over by Monsignor Frédéric Testaert, Abbot of Postel, in concelebration with Monsignor John Baptist Itaruma, Chargé d’Affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union, and Monsignor Willem van der Valk, of the delegation of our illustrious Order to the Netherlands.
After the religious ceremony, the knights and others guests had lunch at the Cercle Royal Gaulois.
