Princess Marie Astrid and Family: News and Pictures, Part 1

[drimal]

Vacation Pictures I (Côte d'Azur 13.7.1992)

I have three beautiful pictures for you of Princess Marie Astrid, (actual) Grand Duke Henri and (actual) Grand Duchess Maria Teresa in vacation on the Côte d'Azur.

1. and 2. lovely pic on the beach
3. Marie Astrid and Henri rather sporty

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Vacation Pictures II (Antibes, Provence/ Côte d'Azur France) 1994

I have some other vacation pictures for dating from 13.07.1994 (1 and 2) and from 9.8.1994 ( all the others)! First of all I want to show you a gorgeous post card I found on the web of Antibes (a small city not far away form Cannes on the French Côte d'Azur):


And a map of the Côte d'Azur:

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And now a description of the pictures:

1. a beach picture of 13.7.1994 (with Marie Astrid, Grand Duke Jean, Maria Teresa and Henri and the boy must be Louis, the son of Henri and Maria Teresa)
2. I love this picture of 13.7.1994: Marie Astrid, Henri and Maria Teresa seems so relaxed:o

The other pictures are all from 9.8.1994:

3. on the beach
4.and 5. in the water
6. Princess Marie Astrid with flippers :p
7. Princess Marie Astrid and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte in the water, but what is Grand Duke Jean doing? Sleeping ?
8. another picture of the family in the Mediterranean Sea

Note: a) It must be the same vacation (13.7.1994 /9.8.1994), but I'm not sure

b) I was on the Côte d'Azur two years ago and I must admit that the water most colder than I thought. Do you know that the Mediterranean Sea has a temperature in a certain deep of 14 degrees and this temperature is constant to the floor. So if there is an unfavourable current the water can become quite cold on the surface too.

[ally_cooper]

I think the boy is one of Marie-Astrid sons because is so blonde like Alexander or Imre. Also Luxembourg Princes (the sons of Henri) aren't blonde.

[bct88]

Originally Posted by drimal

And now a description of the pictures:

1. a beach picture of 13.7.1994 (with Marie Astrid, Grand Duke Jean, Maria Teresa and Henri and the boy must be Louis, the son of Henri and Maria Teresa)
2. I love this picture of 13.7.1994: Marie Astrid, Henri and Maria Teresa seems so relaxed:o

The other pictures are all from 9.8.1994:

3. on the beach
4.and 5. in the water
6. Princess Marie Astrid with flippers :p
7. Princess Marie Astrid and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte in the water, but what is Grand Duke Jean doing? Sleeping ?
8. another picture of the family in the Mediterranean Sea

Note: a) It must be the same vacation (13.7.1994 /9.8.1994), but I'm not sure

b) I was on the Côte d'Azur two years ago and I must admit that the water most colder than I thought. Do you know that the Mediterranean Sea has a temperature in a certain deep of 14 degrees and this temperature is constant to the floor. So if there is an unfavourable current the water can become quite cold on the surface too.

Is that Albert and Paola in the water with Josephine-Charlotte and Marie Astrid in the fourth picture down?

[bad_barbarella]

i thought they holiday at borne les mimosas down the south of france near cabasson... do they all go other places?

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Originally Posted by ally_cooper

I think the boy is one of Marie-Astrid sons because is so blonde like Alexander or Imre. Also Luxembourg Princes (the sons of Henri) aren't blonde.

Louis and Sebastien are dirty blondes, but not Imre natural bleach blonde.

[hillary_nugent]

Imre's blonde is practically on the verge on white! ^___^ its gorgeous

[drimal]

Originally Posted by bad_barbarella

i thought they holiday at borne les mimosas down the south of france near cabasson... do they all go other places?

They have a villa in Bormes (not Borne ) Les Mimosas that's right. I was also surprised to see that they were also in Antibes.

I ignore if they have a villa in Antibes too.

[drimal]

Vacation Pictures III (Luxembourg Family on vacation in Bormes les Mimosas) 29.07.1995

I have found vacation pictures of 29.07.1995 in Bormes les Mimosas on the Côte d'Azur.

On these beautiful pictures you see: Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria and her husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria and their children Princess Marie Christine, Prince Imre, Prince Christoph, Prince Alexander and baby Princess Gabriella, than (former) Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and his wife (former)Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte, than the actual Grand Duke Henri and his wife Maria Teresa and their children Prince Louis, Princess Alexandra and Prince Sebastien. (Prince Guillaume and Prince Felix are absent! )

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Yay pics! But no Guillaume :(

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Photos of Princess Marie Astrid's children VII :75th Anniversary of Grand Duke Jean in January 1996

The following pictures are from January 1996, the anniversary of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.

1. the whole family (from left to right):
first row: Prince Guillaume and his wife Sibilla; Prince Carl-Johann, Princess Marie-Gabrielle, Prince Wenceslas, Prince Constantin (children of Prince Jean and Helen Vestur); Princess Alexandra, Prince Sebastien (children of actual Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa); Prince Alexander, Prince Christoph (children of Princess Marie Astrid and Carl-Christian of Austria); Prince Josef-Emanuel and Princess Marie Astrid (children of Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein)
second row: Helen Vestur and husband Prince Jean; Prince Felix, Prince Guillaume and Prince Louis (children of actual Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa); Princess Marie-Christine, Prince Imre (children of Princess Marie Astrid and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria); Princess Marie Astrid and her parents Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein
third row: actual Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Grand Duke Henri; Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte; Princess Marie Astrid with daughter Princess Gabriella and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria
fourth and fifth row: sisters and brothers of Grand Duke Jean and behind Jean and Josephine-Charlotte there is King Albert II of Belgium and his wife Paola


2. another family picture
3. to 5. some cuttings

Note: The colourful text is to simplify the respective family dependants!!!:) It is rather difficult to describe so many family members but I hope that the different colours will help you.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Wait...is that Guillaume with blonde hair?

[drimal]

Originally Posted by gaggleofcrazypeople

Wait...is that Guillaume with blonde hair?

No, Guillaume has no blonde hair on this pictures!

He is the boy near Princess Marie Christine in front of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. You see him best on the last picture.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Ohhhhhh...ok.

[drimal]

Photos of Princess Marie Astrid's children VIII: 18th September 1996

The following pictures of Princess Marie Astrid, husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria and their children Marie Christine, Imre, Christoph, Alexandra and Gabriella are from 18th September 1996.

1. Princess Marie Astrid (42 year at the time), with two year old Gabriella on her shoulders and Marie Christine (13 years)
2. Princess Marie Astrid and daughter Marie-Christine swinging little Gabriella:)
3. the whole family on the bicycles: from left to right (Marie Astrid/42 with Gabriella/2, Carl-Christian/42, Marie Christine/13 and Alexander/6, Imre/11, Christoph/8.
4. gathering the leaf
5. even an Archduchess like Marie Astrid has to relax sometimes:p
6. Archduke Carl-Christian with little Gabrielle, Imre and Christoph on the moving tractor
7. Archduke Carl-Christian with his sons on the moving tractor:p
8 to 10 a happy couple

:o I love Autumn with its beautiful colours!:o

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11. Alexander swinging
12.and 13. Marie Astrid with her two daughters (Gabriella and Marie-Christine)
14. the whole family on the sofa



Hope you enjoy these pictures!:)