Jakarta - First Lady Ani Yudhoyono at the Presidential Palace here on Friday is scheduled to receive Princess Astrid of Belgium. Princess Astrid was born in Brussels on 5 June 1962, according to information on the official website of the Belgium Monarchy (http://www.monarchie.be/royal-family/princess-astrid). She is the second child of King Albert II and of Queen Paola. After her secondary education in Brussels, Princess Astrid studied art history for a year at Leiden in the Netherlands. She completed her education in Geneva, at the Institute of European Studies and in Michigan in the United States. In Brussels on 22 September 1984, Princess Astrid married Lorenz, Arch-Duke d'Autriche-Este, who became Prince of Belgium in 1995. The Prince was born in Boulogne-Billancourt on 16 December 1955. The princely couple have five children, all born in Belgium: Amedeo (21 February 1986) Maria Laura (26 August 1988, Joachim (9 December 1991), Luisa Maria (11 October 1995) and Laetitia Maria (23 April 2003). Princess Astrid was Chairwoman of the Belgian Red Cross between 1994-2007. As Honorary Chairwoman of the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation and the European Organization on Research and Treatment of Cancer(EORTC) Princess Astrid supports clinical and fundamental research. She regularly visits research projects and patients in Medical Institutes and Clinics. The Princess is also active in the fight against epidemics and pandemics : i.e. as "Special Representative" of the Roll Back Malaria partnership. She engages herself in raising awareness of the deadly consequences of the disease and assists in mobilizing resources to fight malaria. (*)

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