Singer, 23, shares moment he joked around with Queen Mathilde of Belgium during lunch event in Paris Mathilde and Philippe are currently in France for a state visit READ MORE: King Charles beams as he is presented with a special hand-knitted cake to mark 10 years of his charity's textiles education programmes By Alanah Khosla For Mailonline Published: 21:04, 17 October 2024 | Updated: 21:05, 17 October 2024 e-mail 6 shares View comments A young singer has shared the moment he appeared to share a joke with Queen Mathilde during her trip to Paris. She and King Philippe - who are currently on a state visit to France , following an invitation to celebrate Franco-Belgian cultural ties and the shared views on European issues - met Pierre de Maere during a lunch with Belgian stars in the country. The 23-year-old, originally from Brussels, boasts more than one million monthly listeners on Spotify and a devoted Gen Z following.
While the singer was delighted to meet the royal duo at a star-studded lunch, he said that Philippe 'didn't know' about his work, according to SoirMag . Mathilde told him that her children - Princess Elisabeth , 22, Prince Gabriel, 21, Prince Emmanuel, 19, and Princess Eleonore, 16 - listen to his music and that it's for kids; the singer, seemingly jokingly, replied: 'No, it mainly for mothers'. A singer has revealed the comments Queen Mathilde and King Philippe (seen this week) made to him at a lunch in France When translated into English, the singer told a lo.