King Albert II & Queen Paola: Current Events, Part 2

[QUEENECE29]

Albert becomes Belgium's oldest monarch
News Summary Royalblog.nl: Albert becomes Belgium's oldest monarch

[maria-olivia]

May he have a long life , the whole country admires him.
He succeeded to be so popular which was not that easy after the more than 40 years reign of his brother Baudouin.

[iceflower]

King Albert II of Belgium pictured as he receives Princess
Strawberry 2009 Goele Govaerts (2nd R) and a delegation
of strawberry cultivators of Beervelde, 08 June 2009, at
the Royal Castle in Laken/Laeken, Brussels.

Surely delicious


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[iceflower]

King Albert II of Belgium talks with the winner of the Francqui Award,
Professor Eric Lambin of UCL, 09 June 2009, in Brussels Royal Palace,
during the ceremony. The biggest scientific award in Belgium, the
Francqui award, was given for the first time to a researcher in
environmental sciences.


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[lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by iceflower

King Albert II of Belgium pictured as he receives Princess
Strawberry 2009 Goele Govaerts (2nd R) and a delegation
of strawberry cultivators of Beervelde, 08 June 2009, at
the Royal Castle in Laken/Laeken, Brussels.

Surely delicious


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What a sweet event. It made me smile looking at the pictures. This event happens every year does it?

[iceflower]

Yes, I think it's an annual event

Queen Paola of Belgium pictured during the annual awards ceremony
of the Queen Paola Prize for Education, Wednesday 10 June 2009,
at the Royal Castle in Laeken/Laken, Brussels.


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[iceflower]

Belgium's King Albert II pictured during a visit to the European data
center of internet search engine Google, Tuesday 16 June 2009 in
Saint-Ghislain.


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[iceflower]

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari shakes hands with Belgium's
King Albert II at the Royal Castle of Laeken, near Brussels June
17, 2009.


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Belgium's King Albert II meets with Jordan's King Abdullah on
June 18, 2009 at the Royal Palace in Laeken/Laken. King
Abdullah is on a tour of the EU for talks on peace in the
Middle East.


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Belgium's King Albert II and cartoonist Marc Sleen pictured
during a visit to the new Marc Sleen museum, Thursday 18
June 2009 in Brussels.


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[stephanievl]

Queen Paola and Kind albert are married 50 years in some days. Here are some little movies:

Paola's first visit to Belgium
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Albert and Paola meet each other
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The wedding almost in Rome
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Paola leaves Italy for Albert
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Paola: you need to help your husband as much as you can
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[alexandresylvie]

In morning, the King and Queen travel to Hannut in the province of Liège

Link : (Belga.be) link BelgaPicture - Category details

[Turkish Delight]

Nieuwsberichten Royalblog.nl: Albert & Paola: liefde heeft laatste woord

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Turkish Delight

Nieuwsberichten Royalblog.nl: Albert & Paola: liefde heeft laatste woord

On the eve of their Golden Wedding Anniversary tomorrow july 2nd,here are some pics by Royalimages:

ANP Beeldbank

courtesy Royalimages.

[Maura724]

Thanks, Lucien. This picture (ANP Beeldbank) is absolutely adorable!

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Maura724

Thanks, Lucien. This picture (ANP Beeldbank) is absolutely adorable!

It is isn't it.Despite all the difficulties they've encountered,and left behind them,it is love that prevails according to these two.A wonderfull couple,yes they are.It is worth it to fight for your happiness instead of choosing the easy way out,fight,show some guts,never take anything for granted,but be greatfull for what life gives you in opportunities and choose wisely.Or go flat on your face a couple of times so you learn to appreciate more what you have,instead of nagging about what you do not have.

A wonderfull rule.

[sgl]

Originally Posted by Maura724

Thanks, Lucien. This picture (ANP Beeldbank) is absolutely adorable!

I absolutely love this photo. I speaks volumes about their life and love during the past 50 years. They seem so tender and sweet, and the lines on their lovely faces are beautiful. You can see that they have lived incredible lives, and that even 50 years later, through all of life's challenges, they still care deeply for each other.

[lucien]

Today,on their Golden Wedding anniversary,TM King Albert II (75) and Queen Paola (71) will celebrate with a private party at Laeken Castle.

As the Belgian Royal Family sees more anniversaries this year,TI&RH Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz celebrate thier Silver wedding anniversary,TRH The Duke and Duchess of Brabant celebrate their 19th and TRH Prince Laurent and Princess Clair celebrate their 6th
wedding anniversaries,TM have invited evryone that married on the very same day as TM or any of the Princes(s) for a party at
Laeken Castle on august 30th,including the Laureates of the King Albert II Fund,a gift on HM 50th birthday.

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/photos/belgi/index.html

courtesy hja

[Turkish Delight]

News Summary Royalblog.nl: Golden wedding anniversary Albert & Paola

[Eloise]

Belgian royals: "We were meant for each other" < Belgian news | Expatica Belgium

[MAfan]

Thanks, Eloise. I really like the nicknames given them by the grandchildren, Tino and Lita...

[Marchesina]

I suppose Tino came from Albertino (little-tiny Albert in italian),like a famous italian dj....lol