Never seen before.
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: The picture is not very high quality. I just
: scanned it from Point de Vue at that time,
: showing Grand Duchess Charlotte, Queen
: Marie-José and Mrs Mestre, paternal
: grandmother of Maria Teresa.
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: 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.
:
: 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
: and
: 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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