Belgian Royal Family Picture Thread

[leidi]

Some old photos, I hadn't seen the first one. In the third one I see a resemblance between little Prince Amedeo (ha was always a doll!) and little Prince Gabriël.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1BHZ4fsMDx/?igsh=MjJkMmIyYzQxYw==

Laurent REALLY does look like his father, much more so than his brother
I think the rumors about his paternity never really took off (even if people did talk about it) because of the family resemblance, it's just undeniable.

 

[Archduchess Zelia]

Some old photos, I hadn't seen the first one. In the third one I see a resemblance between little Prince Amedeo (ha was always a doll!) and little Prince Gabriël.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1BHZ4fsMDx/?igsh=MjJkMmIyYzQxYw==

Wow, I've always thought Gabriel was all Mathilde but you can definitely see a resemblance to Laurent in that first picture. And Eléonore looks just like Astrid in the second picture. I also see a lot of Élisabeth in Philippe in all of these pictures.

 

[Linda_26]

Laurent REALLY does look like his father, much more so than his brother
I think the rumors about his paternity never really took off (even if people did talk about it) because of the family resemblance, it's just undeniable.

He always looked a lot like his father, also in pictures of him as a child, more so than his siblings, who have some Coburg traits but also resemble their mother's family and some of their italian cousins. As a young man Laurent also resembled his paternal grandfather King Leopold III at the same age.
The so-called "rumors" have always been so ridicolous that not even controversial journalists and royal watchers (like Thierry Debels, who spread other rumours about the family) have ever believed them

 

[Adda]

Slide #2 is an adorable photo of a very young Filip.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1rCwojpDgq/?igsh=MW5qanhudW9hbGZjdw==

 

[Linda_26]

Slide #2 is an adorable photo of a very young Filip.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1rCwojpDgq/?igsh=MW5qanhudW9hbGZjdw==

It is, actually, a picture of a very young Albert, see also the 6th picture here:

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-glimpse-into-life-of-king-albert-ii.html?m=1

 

[Adda]

It is, actually, a picture of a very young Albert, see also the 6th picture here:

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-glimpse-into-life-of-king-albert-ii.html?m=1

Thanks, PdV played me once again. They could be twins though, and I can see all of Filip's children in that photo.

I had never seen this picture of Leopold with his two eldest boys. Beautiful.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ML6aPHSR5fU/Uds_liF_eLI/AAAAAAAAKR0/KbgO2aCP1mg/s1600/scan0015.jpg

 

[An Ard Ri]

Thanks, PdV played me once again. They could be twins though, and I can see all of Filip's children in that photo.

I had never seen this picture of Leopold with his two eldest boys. Beautiful.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ML6aPHSR5fU/Uds_liF_eLI/AAAAAAAAKR0/KbgO2aCP1mg/s1600/scan0015.jpg

That's a wonderful photo of the king and 2 future Kings!

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in a 1920s dress
http://www.gogmsite.net/_Media/elisabeth-in-20s-dress_med.jpeg

 

[Linda_26]

A few pictures of the graduation of then Prince Philippe in Stanford, in June 1985, from a Flemish magazine (with also an interview to Philippe):

https://gisterennogvandaag.com/2020/07/02/35-jaar-geleden-prins-filip-wordt-master-philip/

 

[An Ard Ri]

A few pictures of the graduation of then Prince Philippe in Stanford, in June 1985, from a Flemish magazine (with also an interview to Philippe):

https://gisterennogvandaag.com/2020/07/02/35-jaar-geleden-prins-filip-wordt-master-philip/

The then Prince and Princess of Liege proudly watching their son at the Graduation Ceremony!

 

[Adda]

Little Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, Prince Boudewijn of Belgium, Count Gustaf Eduard Bernadotte af Wisborg, Princess Ragnhild of Norway and Princess Astrid of Norway.

The photo is from1936, that's almost 90 years ago. Little Gustaf would die not that long after the photo was taken. Only Princess Astrid is still with us.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2XDtAHvuIK/?igsh=MWo0bWVrZWxjbXVqcw==

 

[An Ard Ri]

Little Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, Prince Boudewijn of Belgium, Count Gustaf Eduard Bernadotte af Wisborg, Princess Ragnhild of Norway and Princess Astrid of Norway.

The photo is from1936, that's almost 90 years ago. Little Gustaf would die not that long after the photo was taken. Only Princess Astrid is still with us.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2XDtAHvuIK/?igsh=MWo0bWVrZWxjbXVqcw==

What a wonderful photo o them all.

 

[doro]

Little Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, Prince Boudewijn of Belgium, Count Gustaf Eduard Bernadotte af Wisborg, Princess Ragnhild of Norway and Princess Astrid of Norway.

The photo is from1936, that's almost 90 years ago. Little Gustaf would die not that long after the photo was taken. Only Princess Astrid is still with us.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2XDtAHvuIK/?igsh=MWo0bWVrZWxjbXVqcw==

What happened with Gustaf Eduard?

 

[Linda_26]

A 4-generation picture that I had never seen before: little Archduchess Anna Astrid (then a few months old) with her parents Prince Amedeo and Princess Elisabetta, grandparents Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz and great-grandparents King Albert and Queen Paola:

https://64.media.tumblr.com/89232182787fa302b38a09d6923cf1cc/tumblr_ojwkmgsot41spqo4go1_1280.jpg

The quality could be better, but still a nice picture
It was certainly taken around Christmas 2016, at the same time of this one, of Anna Astrid and her great-grandparents

 

[Adda]

What happened with Gustaf Eduard?

I don't know the exact cause of his passing, but he died aged 6 (or 5 about to be 6). In fact, two of Count Folke's four sons died in childhood.

 

[Adda]

Very beautiful photos of Queen Astrid with her newborn Albert and her two eldest children. Josephine-Charlotte was such a doll!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C18NWZFsGxr/?igsh=MWduZ3plMHhxdjcxeQ==

 

[Linda_26]

King Baudouin, Prince Albert and Princess Paola at Astrid and Lorenz's engagement (May 1984):

https://pin.it/9Mub6DYV8


And a family picture, likely taken shortly after Astrid's wedding:

https://pin.it/1toKqG8Wm