The Royal Family and the entire Moroccan people celebrate, on Saturday, the nineteenth birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija, a happy event that confirms the attachment and full cohesion of the various components of the Nation and the profound loyalty and deep affection that the Moroccan people hold for the Illustrious Royal Family.
This birthday recalls the festive moments experienced by Moroccans on the blessed day of February 28, 2007, when the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced the birth of HRH Princess Lalla Khadija, whose coming into the world lit up the Royal Household.
The birth of HRH Princess Lalla Khadija, the second child of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, after His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, was greeted with great joy and jubilation.
Moroccans expressed their happiness and communion with the Royal Family in a plethora of ways, signing the Golden Books opened at the Royal Protocol and Chancellery headquarters, as well as in the Kingdom's various wilayas, prefectures and provinces. Morocco's towns and cities also took part in the festivities, decked out in the pomp and pageantry of the day, with streets, squares and public buildings decorated with lanterns, flags and colorful banners.
Members of the Moroccan community living abroad joined in these celebrations, as did a large number of political, diplomatic, arts, sports and business personalities, who flocked to the Kingdom's embassies and consulates in several countries to express their congratulations to the Sovereign on this happy occasion.
Families whose newborns were born at the same time as HRH Princess Lalla Khadija were presented with royal gifts and presents at receptions organized for the occasion.
The celebration of the nineteenth birthday of HRH Princess Lalla Khadija is an opportunity to look back on the first steps of Her Royal Highness in public life.
In September 2011, it was under the benevolent gaze of HM King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, that the opening of the first school year for HRH Princess Lalla Khadija took place at the Royal Palace in Rabat. On this occasion, the Sovereign attended a learning session of the Holy Quran and the first Arabic and French lessons of Her Royal Highness the Princess and her classmates.
From an early age, HRH Princess Lalla Khadija has taken part in official activities alongside His Majesty King Mohammed VI, perpetuating a long tradition which aims to initiate and familiarize young Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family with the roles and activities they will be called upon to assume within a society that remains attached to its values.
Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija attended, in 2018, the presentation ceremony, before the Sovereign, of the progress report and the executive program in the field of educational support and the implementation of the education and training reform.
In February 2019, HRH Princess Lalla Khadija made a remarkable appearance alongside HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, and TRH Princesses Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmae, Lalla Hasnaa, and Lalla Oum Keltoum, at the official welcoming ceremony of HM King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, Sovereigns of the Kingdom of Spain, chaired by HM King Mohammed VI. The same was true, on March 30, 2019, during the visit to Morocco of His Holiness Pope Francis.
In December of the same year, HRH Princess Lalla Khadija chaired the inauguration ceremony of the vivarium at Rabat's National Zoological Garden, and visited the vivarium's various areas, which house several species of live reptiles from different regions of Africa.
On October 28, HRH Princess Lalla Khadija was present, beside HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid and HRH Princess Lalla Meryem, at the formal reception ceremony chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI for the President of the French Republic, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Ms. Brigitte Macron, who were on an official State visit to the Kingdom at the invitation of the Sovereign.
On the same day, HRH Princess Lalla Khadija took part in the signing ceremony of several agreements between the Kingdom of Morocco and the French Republic, chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, who was also accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid and HRH Princess Lalla Meryem, and the French President H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, who was accompanied by his spouse Ms. Brigitte Macron.
The following day, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid and TRH Princesses Lalla Khadija, Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmaa and Lalla Hasnaa, offered an official diner in honor of the President of the French Republic, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron and his spouse Ms. Brigitte Macron.
On March 3, 2025, and On High Instructions by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija launched, in Rabat, the “Ramadan 1446” national operation, initiated by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
HRH Princess Lalla Khadija's birthday is an opportunity for the Moroccan people to reaffirm their unfailing attachment to the Glorious Alaouite Throne and their constant mobilization behind His Majesty King Mohammed VI for the success of the great projects launched by the Sovereign in the service of His faithful people.
MAP: 27 February 2026
