Tribute - Princess De Rethy

[elektraking]

:o I think princess de Rethy was a gorgeous woman. I am so happy that you have such a great topic about her and the pictures a great. Thank you guys. Here is anothe rpicture of Liliane from Hellomagazine.com. It is my favorite I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[Dennism]

Here's another one.

[bnsm907]

I'm happy to add one more

And yet another one,

[George II]

[size=1][size=1][size=1][size=1][size=1][size=1][size=1][size=1][size=1]Here is another one. Wile she was hated by her people and even her own family, she was one of the most galmorous royals of her time.

[micas]

I found Princess Liliam at very few time. I realise that she have a excelent great sence of fashion.
So is possible post more pics from her dress.???????
And some 1 have the front part of this dress?

http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs2...nderethy35.jpg

[wymanda]

I recently read somewhere that Princess Lillian's marriage to the King was "illegal". I know very little about the Belgian royals other than their descent from Queen Victoria's beloved Uncle Leopold. Can anyone tell me if the marriage was in fact not legal and why.

I had wondered if it was simply a case that the public were not consulted and his late wife was so beloved by the Belgian people. If this is the case then it would appear that the King found himself in a similar situation to that which the Prince of Wales now finds himself with the British public (and the americans) sanctifying Diana.

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

It wasn't legal because in Belgium the cicvil wedding has to procede the religious one. So you can't get married in church, if you haven't been married by the law first. They just got married for church.

take a look at the thread about Lilian Baels to find out more:

http://www.lestribunesroyales.com/forums/i...?showtopic=2633

[Elspeth]

That link isn't working, Catherine; do you mean this thread

http://www.lestribunesroyales.com/fo...read.php?t=695

If they weren't legally married, how come her children have the title Prince and Princess?

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

I suppose those things can be arranged for a king...certainly in those days.


The children he had with Lilian Baels have no right to the throne though.

[Josefine]

are there more photos of her

[Hannelore]

here:

Princess Liliane of Belgium (2nd wife of King Leopold III)

[altagrace]

Leopold and Lilian did have a civil marriage ; a few months after the religious one. So eventually they were "legit"

[Regina]

Liliane was certainly a very elegant woman. I read once that late Count of Paris said she was the most beautiful woman of her times.

[Marengo]

A dutch minister and later NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns was more nasty, he said she was a pretty woman but had horrible legs, which she usually hid well

[queenofcelts]

Lilian certainly was a remarkable woman.

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Originally Posted by Marengo

A dutch minister and later NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns was more nasty, he said she was a pretty woman but had horrible legs, which she usually hid well

He's not the only person who dissed her legs....I also read that in a biography of King Baudouin. They used nicer language of course!

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by Marengo

A dutch minister and later NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns was more nasty, he said she was a pretty woman but had horrible legs, which she usually hid well

Well, when the industrial revolution allowed the British to produce the first silk stockings, the British gave some pairs of them to the then Spanish queen. Only to receive them back with a note saying that "The Queen of Spain has no legs". I have decided for myself to treat the legs or other prominent parts of Royal bodies accordingly - much more polite this way. But of course, if someone like a certain British princess flaunts her obviously rather prominent parts in public, I cannot leave that uncommented. Hm...

[auntie]

One thing I can say, King Leopold never looked at Princess Lilian (at least in pictures)the same tender and in love way he looked at Queen Astrid Does anyone else share this observation?

[brandon]

I read in a recent feature in Royalty magazine that King Baudouin never got on with her, and this only got worse after his marriage with Queen Fabiola, who apparently liked her even less. What were the known reasons if any for these family dispute? Possessions, residences? It seems as though Liliane got the boot out of the palace she was living in when Queen Fabiola arrived on the scene, for one thing. But maybe much about the background, lifestyle and attitudes of Liliane and Fabiola are so very different that it became probable they would not only have nothing in common but much to dislike about one another. Any comments or insights are appreciated.

[Regina]

I find this article (Time) a very interesting one about her - The Provocative Princess

About her relationship with Baudouin, the article says: "
As sickly in mien as he is diffident in manner, Baudouin as a child never had much fun until the Princess de Réthy became his maman. She was young* and frolicsome, with what one admirer called "the complexion of a rose and the shape of Venus." Baudouin adored his vivacious stepmother and, according to the gossips, is still strongly influenced by her. She got blamed for Baudouin's rude refusal to attend the funeral of Britain's George VI."