Queen Silvia of Sweden was in Belgium on a private visit when she redirected her itinerary toward something considerably less ceremonial: the front lines of the country’s largest wildfire in recorded history.
In photos shared by the Swedish Royal House, the Queen was seen ditching the royal formalwear for earth-toned pieces and white sneakers. The 82-year-old queen was seen climbing aboard one of the water bombers her country had sent to help extinguish the blaze, quizzing the Swedish crews on how the aircraft, and the mission, actually worked.
The fire has been burning in Belgium’s High Fens nature reserve, near the German border, since…
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