Prince Gabriel's Christening

[Martine]

Prince Gabriel's christening

vrtnieuws.net

 

[Martine]

Prince Gabriel's christening

vrtnieuws.net

 

[Martine]

Prince Gabriel's christening

vrtnieuws.net

 

[Martine]

Prince Gabriel's christening

vrtnieuws.net

 

[Martine]

Belgian Prince Gabriel (L) lies in the arms of his mother Princess Mathilde ® during a baptism ceremony in Brussels October 25, 2003. Prince Gabriel, the second child of crown Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde was born on August 20, 2003. REUTERS/Pool/Olivier Polet

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[Alexandria]

Wonderful pictures, Martine. Thank you for finding the first pictures.

 

[Martine]

no problem

he's so cute isn't he

 

[Fireweaver]

Truly lovely photos. Princess M. looks lovely, and Phillipe looks so proud

 

[Alexandria]

Can anyone tell me who attended Gabriel's baptism? I know it was a private baptism, but in the few pictures released neither the King and Queen nor Mathilde's parents seem to be in attendance.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

A part from the Philippe and Mathilde's parents, godfather and godmother, I saw queen Fabiola, prince Lorenz and princess Astrid, prince Amedeo (but probably their other children as well), grandduchess Joséphine-Charlotte, and grandduke Jean, Henri and Maria Teresa. probably Mathilde's sisters were there as well, but the images they showed on tv were very short...

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Next to Mathilde and Elisabeth: count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz, brother of Mathilde and godfather of Gabriel.

Behind Mathilde: prince Amedeo, godfather of Elisabeth.

Behind Philippe you can see grandduchess Maria Teresa of Luxemburg and princess Margaretha of Luxembuerg.

 

[Martine]

Mathilde and Philippe arriving

 

[Martine]

Gabriel's christening

 

[Martine]

Gabriel's christening

 

[Martine]

Gabriel's christening

 

[Martine]

Gabriel's christening

 

[Alexandria]

Maybe this is a really ignorant question, but why would the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg have been at Gabriel's baptism? What were the familial ties there? Especially since it doesn't sound like Laurent and Claire weren't there, but the GD's of Luxembourg were?

(And what a whirlwind week for the GD couple! State visit to Denmark capped off by a trip to Belgium for Gabriel's baptism. I am exhausted just thinking about it!)

 

[Martine]

Laurent & Claire were there , but they were in the back row.


Gran Duchess Josephine-Charlotte is King Albert's sister, Grand Duke Henri is a very good friend of Prince Philippe. King Albert is also henri's godfather.

 

[Alexandria]

Ahhhhh! Thank you very much for the explanation Martine. Makes so much more sense the appearance of the GDs of Luxembourg at Gabriel's baptism.

 

[Alexandria]

www.polfoto.dk - How angelic looking of Gabriel.

 

[Alexandria]

www.polfoto.dk - Adore the pinky/red tights on Mathilde. What a unique touch!

 

[Alexandria]

www.polfoto.dk - A better glimpse of those tights ... What a fashionable Mommy Elisabeth has!

 

[hrhcp]

Great pictures, ladies.

Fireweaver  Posted: Oct 25th, 2003 - 5:10 pm

.... and Phillipe looks so proud

I beg to differ ... the CP shows as much emotion as a wood stump.

Truly, I hope in private life, that he comes a bit more alive.

 

[Fireweaver]

I guess it's all a matter of how we view something, but, to each his/her own.

 

[Lena]

Is Mathilde´s brother the only godparent of prince Gabriel? In other Royal houses the children have more godparents, and the first son of Pavlos and Marie-Chantal of Greece has 8 godparents among them prince William, crown prince Frederik and crown princess Victoria(but ok, maybe Royals with less/no power have to swank more than Royals, who reign. ...or it´s simply a question of their religions affiliation?)

 

[Fireweaver]

No, Prince Gabriel has a godmother as well. Baroness Maria Christina von Freyberg née Rossi di Montelera, who's a second cousin, or second cousin once removed of Prince Philippe (the proud papa!).

 

[moosey60]

Did Elisabeth have a birthday party, or did she have to settle for watching her brother's christening? She looks adorable....yet very bored.

 

[Martine]

Originally posted by moosey60@Oct 26th, 2003 - 8:14 pm
Did Elisabeth have a birthday party, or did she have to settle for watching her brother's christening? She looks adorable....yet very bored.

She had a cake and a party after the christening

 

[sara1981]

i got news from Hello this morning

http://www.hellomagazine.com/2003/10/27/belgianchristening/

Sara Boyce

 

[Hannelore]

The boys choir singing a Gabriel's baptism. ISopix (with help from Jelka)