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

[BMC]

Thank goodness!

Looks like Marie Astrid had a bit of a sunburn as well, just look at her shoulders.

[hillary_nugent]

hahahaha...but Maris Astrid's isn't as bad as MT hahaha...i can't help but laugh when i look at the pictures above now...MT looks ridiculous hahaha...

[Nathalian]

Horrible sytle MT!! What happned to her??? She´s so elegant...I thing that MA was good!

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

MT has her off moments.

[drimal]

The children of Marie Astrid on the funeral of their grandmother Josephine-Charlotte on 15th January 2005

The children of Princess Marie Astrid, Marie-Christine (21), Imre (19), Christopher (16), Alexander (14) and Gabriella (10) were also present in the funeral procession and the requiem.

-Princess Marie-Christine (eldest daughter of Princess Marie Astrid of Austria) was speaking her prayer in German: Gott, seelige die Kirche, speziell die Kirche in Luxemburg, lass die Kirche ein lebendiges Zeichen deiner Liebe zu den Menschen sein.

Translation: God, bless the church, and especially the church in Luxembourg, let the church be a fervent symbol of your love for human beings.

1. before her prayer in the church

2.to 10. in the funeral procession

PS: I will post tomorrow pictures of Princess Marie Astrid at the funeral.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Thanks for the pics!

[bad_barbarella]

i cant believe they all still go to cabasson

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

It is the family summer home.

[drimal]

Princess Marie Astrid and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria at the funeral

Princess Marie Astrid was in Fischbach for several weeks to look for her very sick mother Josephine-Charlotte and help her in the difficult last weeks of her live!
By the way she had studied for nurse.

[BMC]

Originally Posted by drimal

Princess Marie Astrid and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria at the funeral

Princess Marie Astrid was in Fischbach for several weeks to look for her very sick mother Josephine-Charlotte and help her in the difficult last weeks of her live!
By the way she had studied for nurse.

That explains why I thought Marie-Astrid looked so exhausted at the funeral. She looked much better in the pictures of the remembrance mass for Josephine-Charlotte yesterday, like she had finally gotten some rest.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Do you have any pics from yesterday?

[msfroyste]

there are some posted at the benelux and belgium royal family msg boards.

[drimal]

Pictures of the remembrance mass

Here are the pics BMC was talking about!

Princess Marie Astrid, husband Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, Princess Margaretha and husband Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, such as Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla and Prince Jean were present.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

And where was the rest of the family?

[BMC]

Today is Marie-Astrid's 51st birthday

Are there any pics for her birthday?

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I doubt she will have a big party. She had one last year, right?

[drimal]

Happy birthday Princess Marie Astrid!:) (she has her birthday only one day after Princess Alexandra! )

Yes she had even two birthday parties last year for her 50th anniversary: one just after her birthday on 17th February 2004 with her husband and her children (I had posted the pictures here in this thread! ) and another one in the summer in Cabasson (the pictures with Maria Teresa and her sunburn! ). I have found two interesting reports here:
1. a report in my newspaper which I had cut, than lot and found back last week!:)
Images:
1. the scanned report from the newspaper
2. Archduchess Marie Astrid and her family:from left to right: Archduke Imre (2nd row/son), Archduke Alexander (son/1st row), husband Archduke Carl-Christian, the birthday child Archduchess Marie Astrid, Archduke Carl-Ludwig (father-in law/2nd row), Archduchess Yolande of Austria (mother-in law/first row), Archduchess Marie Christine (daughter/2nd row), Archduke Christoph (son/2nd row), Archduchess Gabriella (daughter/1st row)
3. Marie Astrid and Carl-Christian with Henri and Maria Teresa

among the special guests were also Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Prince Guillaume,, Prince Jean, Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands and Prince Hassan of Jordan.

[drimal]

2. an interesting report from Corbis:

January 28, 2004 Geneva, Switzerland

EXCLUSIF

Princess Marie-Astrid will be celebrating her 50th birthday in Geneva on February 17 with husband, Christian (Archduke of Austria) who she married on February 6, 1982 and their five children. Her eldest daughter, Marie-Christine (born on July 31, 1983) is a student of economic sciences; her son Imre (born on December 8, 1985) is still at school like her other children, Christophe (born February 2, 1988) and Gabriella (born March 26, 1994). Marie-Christine, the Princess’s eldest daughter, took a year out after her final school exams to visit Christian’s sister, Alexandra, who lives in Chile and looks after the children of prisoners. She also assisted her father in a medical dispensary on the island of Chileo, the largest island in South America.

Marie-Astrid is closely involved with organisations for abandoned children, in particular the association “Tramontane” in Brussels. She is very close to her parents and spent a lot of her free time with her mother, the Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte of Luxembourg, during her serious illness and likewise with her brothers and sisters who she catches up with either abroad or in Geneva. Her husband, Christian is delighted that Marie-Astrid’s grandfather, the Emperor Charles (who died at the age of 35 in exile on the island of Madeira in 1922) is to be beatified. The decree of beatification was signed by Pope John Paul II on December 20, 2003 in a ceremony attended by the Emperor’s four sons – Archduke Otto (91), Felix (87), Charles-Louis (85) and Rodolphe (83). Christian, who is the director of a finance company, has strongly supported his father, Charles Louis and Felix, his uncle, in their negotiations with the Austrian authorities towards the restitution of personal family property that were returned to them in 1935, then confiscated by the Nazis in 1938 who disapproved of the Hapsburg link. Christian has also been assisted by Bill Clinton’s former secretary, Stewart Eizenstat, who has been concentrating on the injustices meted out during the Nazi era. The property in question includes 25,000 hectares of forest, four houses in Vienna and the Laxenburg Palace just outside Vienna. If and when the properties in question are returned to the family, they will be shared out among 150 members of the Hapsburgs.

Portrait of Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg who is due to celebrate her 50th birthday on February 17, 2004.

Here is a link to the page where I found this interesting report and beautiful pictures of February 2004: http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.asp?typ=set&isuid={bcbc2850-e2ac-4caa-95c3-c4c77ad5fb9f}}

PS: I have posted these pictures in the photo gallery by changing a bit the lightness.:)

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Very interesting.