Queen Paola: Picture Thread Part One

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

I think she still is, after all, she's 66 now, so and still looking very good for her age!

 

[Martine]

12/04/2003. Queen Paola of Belgium inaugurates the new wing of the ancient art museum of Brussels © Bert van den Broucke / Photo News / Gamma 748838

Queen Paola and King Albert 12/18/2003. Christmas concert at the Palace of Brussels with the royal family of Belgium. © DEMARET RAPAHEL/PHOTO NEWS/GAMMA / IBL Bildbyrå 749538

10/15/2003. Queen Paola and King Albert of Belgium visit the monastery of Rila in Bulgaria. © Didier Lebrun / Photo News / Gamma 745642

King Albert of Belgium and Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov 10/14/2003. Official visit of King and queen of Belgium in Bulgaria. © Danny Gys / Photo NEws / Gamma 745581

Queen Paola 10/01/2003. Belgian Royals and Italian President at the opening of Europalia 2003 Italia © Lebrun-Gys / Photo News / Gamma 744864

Queen Paola, Princess Mathilde and King Albert 07/21/2003. 10th anniversary of King Albert II's reign: military parade © GYS DANNY/PHOTO NEWS/GAMMA 740926

07/08/2003. Queen Paola visits Hooidonk center in Zandhoven. © LEBRUN DIDIER/PHOTO NEWS/GAMMA 740159

06/04/2003. Queen Paola delivers the "Queen Paola Awards 2003" to kindergarten and primary school teachers. © Didier Lebrun / Photo News / Gamma 738010

05/20/2003. King Harald of Norway and Queen Sonja visit to Belgium Queen Paola, King Harald, Queen Sonja and King Albert © Didier Lebrun / Photo News / gamma 737067

King Albert and queen Paola 04/12/2003. Wedding of PrinceLaurent of Belgium with ClaireCoombs: Religious ceremony at the cathedral Saint-Michel of Brussels © Gys-Lebrun / Photo News / Gamma 734762

 

[Martine]

King Albert and the Queen Paola 04/11/2003. Wedding of PrinceLaurent of Belgium with ClaireCoombs: Concert and reception at the "Palais des Beaux arts" of Brussels. © Photo News / Gamma 734745

Queen Paola and Princesses Elisabeth & Mathilde. 12/19/2002. Engagement ceremony in Brussels. © Didier Lebrun / Photo Newss / Gamma 727786

12/02/2002. French foundation for childhood 25th anniversary celebration at the chateau de Versailles Paola of Belgium © Benainous-Scorceletti / Gamma 726904

06/11/2002. King Albert and Queen Paola receives King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan for a lunch in the castle of Laeken. ©GYS DANNY / PHOTO NEWS/GAMMA/IBL 718404

04/18/2002. Queen Paola visit the public exhibition "A new Belgium" and pavilion "Blue, red &yellow" in Brussel. © Didier Lebrun / Photo News / Gamma 71

04/17/2002. Queen Paola in Nazareth. ©LEBRUN DIDIER/PHOTO NEWS/ GAMMA / IBL 715310

Queen Paola and King Albert 703035_18 © Gamma / IBL

Bröllop Oslo 2001-08-25 Drottning Paola © Charles Hammarsten

 

[martha-louise]

Queen Paola is a very very well dressed woman. Queen Fabiola looks a bit terrible even when she was younger.
Poala got the style!!
But I wonder how old she is now? 67?

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

She was born on 11th of September 1937, so she'll be 67 this year.

 

[sara1981]

Originally posted by Cathérine Bergeyck@Jan 11th, 2004 - 12:12 pm
She was born on 11th of September 1937, so she'll be 67 this year.

same my grandmother's age she born on summer July 26, 1937 she now as 66 year old but she will become 67 this year.

Sara Boyce

 

[Hannelore]

Albert and Paola on state visit to Holland, 2002

In the royal greenhouses with Laura Bush

Dolce Paola

official photo of Albert II and Paola of the Belgians

Paola and the pope

Very beautiful Paola in the eighties

fotomarktplatz

As a young princess of Liege, smoking

Paola as a (gorgeous) young girl

 

[Hannelore]

With Albert

 

[Hannelore]

Receiving flowers

the queen of the Belgians

Paola and Albert in the seventies

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Beautiful young Paola

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[Alexandria]

Originally posted by Hannelore@May 2nd, 2004 - 9:30 am
Paola and Albert in the seventies

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The seventies is right! Even if you hadn't written that it was Albert and Paola "in the seventies" I think most people could've deduced that from the print of Paola's dress! (But she is very beautiful in it.)

 

[Elizajane]

Originally posted by Hannelore@May 2nd, 2004 - 9:30 am
Paola and Albert in the seventies

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Paola is so beautiful in this photo ~ and, her dress is quite gorgeous. It might be labeled as "vintage". Growing up, marriage and "all" which goes with it, having children ~ AND, ALL of which goes with THAT, can age any beautiful woman ... but, I feel the love she shares with her husband, (who has been in the not-so-good-news-lately), and the success of their children can be very rewarding. To me, she looks as though she has a "tender heart".

Elizajane

 

[asma]

Albert & Poala pics are gorgeous ,they realy seam in love.did they had arranged marriage or it was a love story?

 

[Hannelore]

They were very much in love when they married, it certainly wasn't arranged. But after some years, there was a crisis in their marriage. Prince Albert was very often abroad with economic missions (like Filip today), while Paola stayed at home with the children.
They became estranged from each other (this is also the reason why Mathilde always accompanies Filip!). they both had several lovers, and Albert even had a child with another woman. They were planning a divorce, but eventually got back together through faith (it's said that princess Astrid introduced them to the charismatic movement, but I don't know if this is true).

Now you can see they still love each other vey much. I think it's very nice they never divorced and were able to solve their problems after so many years!

 

[Alexandria]

Originally posted by Hannelore@May 2nd, 2004 - 1:27 pm
They were planning a divorce, but eventually got back together through faith (it's said that princess Astrid introduced them to the charismatic movement, but I don't know if this is true).

By "faith" what do you mean? Do you mean religion in general? Or a particular religion, and how is it a "charismatic movement?"

 

[Hannelore]

Faith= (roman catholic) religion.

The charismatic movement is the name of a movement within the church of Rome.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Young Paola with her husband and Philippe and Astrid

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[Hannelore]

1. State visit to Holland, 1998
2 & 3. at a visit to stockholm in 1996, in a ravashingly beautiful dress.
4 & 5.In a beautiful lilac gala gown

 

[Hannelore]

Very beautiful, thank you.

Makes me think Belgium's had a whole range of pretty princesses/queens: Elisabeth in Bayern, Astrid of Sweden, Marie-José, Paola, Mathilde (and of course little Elisabeth ).

 

[Dennism]

Originally posted by Hannelore@Jul 29th, 2004 - 1:20 pm
Very beautiful, thank you.

Makes me think Belgium's had a whole range of pretty princesses/queens: Elisabeth in Bayern, Astrid of Sweden, Marie-José, Paola, Mathilde (and of course little Elisabeth ).

Yes, indeed. A wide range. Several beautiful princesses. Dolce Paola!

 

[kirstengrafin]

Originally posted by Cathérine Bergeyck@Apr 16th, 2004 - 2:03 am
Beautiful young Paola

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I must agree. She was absolutely stunning as a young woman & is very elegant and attractive now.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Some very nice Paola pictures (courtesy Chris )

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Young and glamorous Paola

at a visit to the Vatican.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

More beautiful Paola pictures, provided by Chris.

1. in 1965
2. with her grandson Amedeo
3. in 1959 with princess Beatrix of Holland
4. with Philippe
5. skiing in 1961

 

[Martine]

Great pics, Paola was so beautiful in her younger years...she's still really beautiful off course...I think she's definetely one of the most beautiful queens imo

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

more Paola pictures from Chris:

 

[Alexandria]

Thanks again Catherine for the great pictures.

Who is the woman with Paola walking in the second last picture?

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

I don't know, a friend I guess, maybe family...?

The picture was taken in Paola's homecountry Italy.

 

[Duke of Lippe-Saalfeld]

Wow amazing!!! she was really a very beautiful woman... she look very much like one of the famous actresses of that time like Brigitte Bardot or Claudia Cardinale...
And she still is very beautiful... she is already 67 years old, and not much woman do look so fantastic at this age... look at Queen Fabiola, who is somewhere around 75 and looks like someone of over 100....

I've read a book about Paola, it's called "Paola, van La Dolce Vita tot Koningin. (Paola, from Dolce Vita to Queen). There are some very interesting facts about her:
she once was refused to enter the St. Peter in Rome by wearing a miniskirt. And during a party in 1963 when the death of JFK was announced, she said: "Dommage, pour une fois oú l'on s'amusait bien." . She almost caused a diplomatic scandal...

And also, in the book there was something about her secret relation with singer Salvator Adamo, who wrote the song 'Dolce Paola' about the young princess...

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

She never had a relationship with Adamo.