King Albert II & Queen Paola of Belgium 1959

[IloveCP]

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Wedding Wednesday: Queen Paola's Gown

[tlklhm]

Originally Posted by IloveCP

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Wedding Wednesday: Queen Paola's Gown

The veil is ugly and looks like a table cloth!! And the awkward lenth of the width - in the left photo in the fifth row, the pic where the bride shaking hand with someone. Perhaps they should just use it as part of the wedding dress like the Danish lace on Margretha's gown. It's too heavy and busy design to be used as a bridal veil.

[CyrilVladisla]

Originally Posted by maria-olivia

The day of his wedding Prince Albert , Prince de Liège, wore the collar of the order of Malta such as his father ex-King Leopold III.
We have a high national order , the order of Leopold , which doesn't have any collar only a sash.
King Baudouin wore on his wedding day the spanish Charles (III ?) collar.
(The same one President Sarkozy wore on the State visit of France to Spain)

Maria-Olivia, It was interesting to learn that Prince Albert and Leopold III wore the collar of the order of Malta.

[An Ard Ri]

Wedding of Prince Albert and Princess Paola 1959

Selected Originals - Belgian Royal Wedding (1959) - YouTube

[CyrilVladisla]

Monseigneur van Roey, Cardinal-Archbishop of Malines, in his address told the newlyweds, 'be tender towards one another' before describing Paola as 'like a ray of Italian sunshine come to shine upon us'.

[Blog Real]

Vídeo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=jrby2OJYikc

Mod note: the 10 minute video shows the arrival of Paola Ruffo di Calabria in Belgium, a garden party at Laeken, the civil wedding, the religious wedding and a tour through Brussels.

[Blog Real]

Another video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iclfHjOYK2c