For King Leopold III it was difficult to appear officially in public after all those decades, so he missed the weddings of his tree grandchildren: Henri, Marie-Astrid and Margaretha. He was also not present at the christenings of his two great-grandchildren: Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (current Hereditary Grand Duke) and Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria (daughter of Marie-Astrid).
Nevertheless, when his granddaughter Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg married Point de Vue had at that time a picture of King Leopold with his newly wed eldest granddaughter and godchild Princess Marie-Astrid and her husband Archduke Christian of Austria on honeymoon in Kenya.
Some years ago the travel diaries of King Leopold were released in a book and King Leopold mentions that they also had a get together on the anniversary of his granddaughter Marie-Astrid on 17 February 1982 in Kenya.
Will post this picture later.
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: Thanks Eric.
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: Do you happen to have a photo of Queen
: Maria-José in the wedding? Guess I never see
: one.
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: And is it known why Léopold III missed the
: Luxembourger weddings in the 1980s?
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: Queen Marie-José sat prominently next to
: Grand
: Duchess Charlotte and the grandmother of
: Maria Teresa at her wedding to Hereditary
: Grand Duke Henri in February 1981. Most
: likely as "compensation" of the
: absence of King Leopold for the wedding of
: his grandson.
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: How about the relations between the Savoys
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: the cousins from Luxembourg?
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: By memory I remember to see photos of
: Vittorio Emanuele & Marina at the
: funeral of Grand Duchess
: Joséphine-Charlotte's funeral but I have no
: idea about the Italian royals in the 1980s
: & 1990s weddings.
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: V-E and Marina attended the wedding of
: Philippe and Mathilde.
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: The last big representation of the Savoys
: for
: a Belgian event was for the funeral of
: Boudewijn.
: His aunt Queen Marie-Jose, her grandson
: Rafael Reyna as well as Vittorio Emanuele,
: Marina and Maria Pia all attended the event
: and were seated behind the Belgian and
: Luxembourg relatives.
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: Is there much contact between the Savoys
: &
: the Belgian RF? I don't recall seeing much
: Savoy representation at Belgian weddings or
: smaller family occasions & the families
: are related. Were ties impaired as a
: consequence of WWII?
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