Does anyone know when and where the promised footage from the religious wedding will be made available?
Following the civil wedding, there was a reception for the guests in the Bozar.
https://soirmag.lesoir.be/464621/ar...a-de-belgique-et-william-isvy-se-sont-dit-oui
The writer of the article speculates that the death of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom may have been one of the reasons why there was no balcony appearance, but the omission of any balcony appearance was already confirmed at the press conference in August.
All the Royal Civil Weddings are at the City Hall , except for King Baudouin and Fabiola at the Salle du Trone of the Brussels Royal Palace.
Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz were the first to marry civilly at the Brussels City Hall as the previous royal civil weddings held in Belgium occurred in the palace (it was mentioned in one of the pre-wedding press conferences).
It seems that Delphine and her husband also attended. I did not see any photos of the children of the King and Queen (yet).
At the pre-wedding press conferences it was said that the whole royal family, including Delphine, had been invited. In theory that should mean her children are present as well, but has anyone seen them in the photos?
William's brother (Jordan?) and Maria Laura's brother Joachim will be ushers:
Hervé Verhoosel has shared the flowergirls and pageboys:
Quoting the earlier annnouncements as the religious wedding is about to start:
Wim Dehandschutter:
? William’s only brother and Laura’s brother Joachim will be the “ushers”, they’ll welcome the guests.
? Princess Astrid: “Partly because of this, the marriage gets a family vibe, as the couple wishes.”
Hervé Verhoosel:
[Religious] Wedding of HRH Princess Maria-Laura of Belgium and Mr Willisam Isvy - Maid of Honour : Princess Luisa Flowers Girls and Page Boys : Anna Astrid and Maximilan d'Autriche Este, Maria-Thereza Droste zu Vischering von Nesselrode, Alvaro de Orleans-Borbon, Aurora and Eulalia Peters.
According to Dehandschutter via tweet, the wedding of Princess Maria-Laura and William Isvy on Saturday will still go as planned.
"A moment of prayer and reflection will be dedicated to HM Queen Elizabeth II during the religous celebration on Saturday afternoon", he added.
Wim Dehandschutter also wrote:
An important reason why the wedding of Belgian Princess Maria-Laura and William Isvy takes place despite the death of Queen Elizabeth: it is considered a private event, not a state occasion. “The couple were very moved by the announcement of her death.”
I am not sure an "excuse" is needed as I very much doubt that anyone would have suggested postponing the wedding of British Princess Eugenie of York if the King of the Belgians had died two days earlier. On the other hand, William Isvy is (French-)British and Princess Maria Laura has made her home in the UK for the last decade.
In any event, it is lovely of the royal couple to honor their uncle's fellow monarch.
Is Alvaro de Orleans Bourbon a son of Andrés de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè? The latter is a grandson of Queen Paola's sister M. Cristina. He lives/lived in London and married a Belgian lady, but I am not sure if they have a son.
Very interesting that the Belgian and Spanish royal families have such an unexpected link through a married-in consort and a cadet branch.
