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The Royal Family, along with the Moroccan people, will celebrate tomorrow, Saturday, February 28th, the nineteenth anniversary of the birth of Princess Lalla Khadija, a happy event that embodies the manifestations of strong cohesion between the glorious Alawite throne and the various components of the nation, and its attachment to the Sharifian Royal Family.
On the occasion of this happy anniversary, the Moroccan people recall the joyful celebrations they experienced on February 28, 2007, when a statement from the Ministry of the Royal Palace, Protocol and Decorations announced the good news of the birth of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija, with whom the corners of the Royal Palace illuminated. Joy and happiness quickly spread throughout the Kingdom after the announcement of the birth of the second child of King Mohammed VI, after Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan. Moroccans, in various forms and manifestations, expressed their feelings of joy with the Sharifian Royal Family, especially through signing in the golden registers that were opened at the headquarters of the Royal Protocol and Decorations Department, as well as at the various headquarters of the provinces and prefectures of the Kingdom. Various Moroccan cities also participated in the celebrations, where their streets, squares, and buildings were decorated with the most beautiful decorations and were draped in joy and happiness.
For their part, the Moroccan community residing abroad shared the Royal Family's joy at the birth of Princess Lalla Khadija, by organizing many parties to celebrate this happy event. The Moroccan embassies and consulates in various countries also witnessed the arrival of a large number of personalities from the worlds of politics, art, sports, media, and business, as well as members of diplomatic bodies who came to express their congratulations to His Majesty the King on the occasion of the birth of his esteemed daughter. The families whose newborns coincided with the birth of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija received generous royal gifts, which were presented to them during reception parties held on this happy occasion. Celebrating the nineteenth anniversary of the birth of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija is an occasion to recall the first steps of Her Royal Highness in public life.
In September 2011, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God protect him, presided over the first school entry of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija. His Majesty attended, on this occasion, a session for the teaching of the Holy Quran, as well as the first lesson for the Princess and her classmates in the Arabic and French classes. Since her early childhood, Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija has participated, alongside His Majesty King Mohammed VI, in a number of official activities, thus continuing an ancient tradition aimed at introducing princes and princesses to the activities and roles they will play within a society that remains steadfast in its original values. In 2018, Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija attended the ceremony during which she presented, before His Majesty the King, the interim results and the executive program in the field of supporting schooling and implementing education and training reform.
Her Highness also attended in February 2019, along with His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, and His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, and Her Royal Highness Princesses Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmaa, Lalla Hasnaa, and Lalla Oum Kalthoum, the official reception ceremony presided over by His Majesty the King in honor of the King and Queen of Spain, Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. She was also present on March 30, 2019, during the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to Morocco. On the other hand, on December 13, 2019, Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija presided over the inauguration ceremony of the African Reptile Pavilion at the Rabat Zoo.
On October 28, 2024, Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija attended, alongside His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, and His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, and Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem, the official reception ceremony presided over by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on the occasion of the state visit made by the French President, His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Brigitte Macron, to the Kingdom of Morocco, at the kind invitation of His Majesty the King. On the same day, Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija attended, alongside His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, and His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, and Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem, the signing ceremony of a number of agreements between the Kingdom of Morocco and the French Republic, which was presided over by His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the French President, accompanied by his wife.
The following day, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, and His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, and Their Royal Highnesses the esteemed Princesses Lalla Khadija, Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmaa, and Lalla Hasnaa, held an official dinner at the Royal Palace in Rabat, in honor of the President of the French Republic and his wife. On March 03, 2025, and by the high instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, and Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija, in Rabat, supervised the launch of the national operation "Ramadan 1446", which is organized by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan. The anniversary of the birth of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija has become an occasion celebrated by all components of the Moroccan people and through which they express their sharing of the Sharifian Royal Family's joys and pleasures, renewing in it the verses of loyalty and devotion to His Majesty King Mohammed VI and expressing their permanent mobilization behind His Majesty for the glory and success of the Kingdom.
