Editing Philippe of Belgium (section)

==Education==
As a child the future king was required to move from a French-language school which he liked to a secondary school in Flanders, where he found it difficult to make friends. "In my youth, I had many problems at school", Philippe told teenage dropouts in 2019. "I felt badly treated. It was not easy for me".{{r|moens20220721}} From 1978 to 1981, Philippe was educated at the [[Royal Military Academy (Belgium)|Belgian Royal Military Academy]] in the 118th "Promotion Toutes Armes" (Promotion All Weapons). On 26 September 1980, he was appointed [[second lieutenant]] and took the officer's oath.<ref name=Official>{{cite web|url=http://monarchie.be/royal-family/king-philippe|title=The Belgian Monarchy|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>

Philippe continued his education at [[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]], and he attended graduate school at [[Stanford University]], California, where he graduated in 1985 with an [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree in [[political science]].<ref name=Official/>
He obtained his fighter [[pilot's wings]] and his certificates as a parachutist and a commando. In 1989, he attended a series of special sessions at the Royal Higher Defence Institute. The same year, he was promoted to [[colonel]].

In 1993, [[Baudouin of Belgium|King Baudouin]] died in Spain, [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert]] became the new king, and Philippe became the new [[heir apparent]], titled [[Duke of Brabant]].

On 25 March 2001, Philippe was appointed to the rank of [[major-general]] in the [[Belgian Land Component|Land Component]] and the [[Belgian Air Component|Air Component]] and to the rank of [[rear-admiral]] in the [[Belgian Naval Component|Naval Component]].<ref name=Official/>