Posted by Jane
on 2/11/2009, 3:36:07, in reply to "Re: Why couldn't Felipe marry a foreigner?"
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: I never heard that Sophie was ever linked to
: Felipe.
: Besides, being older than him, it would have
: made more sense linking him to one of
: Sophie's younger sisters.
This argument carries little substance, when you consider the fact that Aloys was born later (June) in the same year as Felipe (January 1968). As it is, Sophie (born October 1967) is only a few months older than the latter.
: Mathilde stepped into the limelight when her
: engagement to Philippe was announced.
: Does anybody know if, previously, she
: mingled with other royals ?
: What chance did she have to have met Aloys ?
She may not have mingled with other royals before Philippe. But consider the people that the Liechtensteinian princes have mingled with -- foreigners (Maximilian being married to a commoner). And considering Mathilde's high birth, it's not inconceivable for her to have somehow crossed paths with Aloys. But I guess it wasn't meant to be ...