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

[maria-olivia]

Don't forget that Paola was a beauty as was Grace of Monaco when she was young.They were the 2 most beautiful european Princesses in the sixties..( she was not happy- now with her wrinkles she is! Life is strange.

[MAfan]

How can I say...she has "matured" with the time...

[amedea]

Originally Posted by MAfan

Do you think Queen Silvia underwent plastic surgery?

well I am not good in English and in anti-age treatments: how can we define heavy botox use?

[LadyLeana]

Let's keep this thread on the topic of Current Events of the Belgian King and Queen, please!

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[iceflower]

King Albert II visiting the organisation Renovassistance
at Anderlecht, Belgium, 22 October 2009 :


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Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza is welcomed by King Albert at Laeken
Royal Palace in Brussels October 22, 2009. Nkurunziza is on a three-day visit
to Belgium.


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[thedittybopper]

In Brussels, near the Atomium, Queen Paola accompanied by Princess Astrid and Princess Claire of Belgium and by 4 grandchildren princesses Laetitia Maria and Louise and Princes Nicolas and Aymeric, attended a Cirque show Bouglione. Like every year, the circus calls time representation about a thousand underprivileged children, aided by Work of the Princess Paola Cribs which celebrates its 50th anniversary.

La reine Paola en famille au cirque Bouglione | Noblesse & Royautés

[queenofthelight]

Courtesy of Belga.

Queen Paola and grandchildren in Circus Bouglione (28/10/2009).

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[paola]

Originally Posted by iceflower

Queen Paola visiting arboretum Kalmthout near Antwerp,
Belgium on 16 October 2009.


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** belga **

Viewing this photo’s I suddenly noticed that on the picture of her arrival [pic 1] Queen Paola wears not the same shoes as on the other ones.
I find nothing wrong with changing shoes.
The shoes she wears at a.o. the guided tour, are a tiny little bit solid perhaps, but very appropriate for the occasion, contrasted to the ones she wears at her arrival.
I just wonder what she found wrong with the second pair of shoes, Were they to “old lady” like?
Why she did not wear them at the arrival?

[maria-olivia]

I think the Queen is right.
She was perfectly dressed when she arrived, when she was working in the garden (she likes that) she was wearing garden shoes.
One the first pic she looks great , but on pictures taken nearly, she looks her age and accept her age. Well done Your Majesty!

[rchat]

Yes, that makes sense maria_olivia. She wouldn't want to ruin nice shoes while digging in the dirt. It's a nice gray coat she's wearing.

[iceflower]

King Albert II salutes during the Armistice Day ceremony marking
the 91st anniversary of the end of World War One in Brussels
November 11, 2009.


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[iceflower]

Queen Paola and King Albert with Foreign Minister Yves Leterme and
winners of the "Grand-Croix de l Ordre de la Couronne / Grootkruis in
de Kroonorde" medal, at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels November
16, 2009.


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[maria-olivia]

Pic 1 : Mr Yves Leterme, pic2 Tia Hellebaut with her child , pic3 Philippe Geluck and?

[LadyLeana]

King Albert hands out the Order of the Grand Cross of the Crown (free translation, btw)

video - Tia Hellebaut, who won a gold medal at the Olympics in Bejing, doesn't quite know what she is receiving.
video - Kim Gevaert and Sister Jeanne Devos also receive the order. Both Kim and Tia brought their babies (and husbands?)along.

[iceflower]

Award winner Dutch author Cees Nooteboom with his wife and
King Albert II with Queen Paola of Belgium attend the literary
award ceremony of the 'Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren' delivered
by the 'Nederlandse Taalunie' Dutch language organization at the
Royal Palace, in Brussels, Belgium, 18 November 2009.


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