Wedding Ball of King Baudouin of Belgium and Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón

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King Baudouin of Belgium and Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón held a magnificent Ball at the Royal Palace of Brussels, ahead of a Banquet hosted by the Belgian Government and the Wedding at the Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula.

King Baudouin of Belgium and Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón  (wearing the Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara, Wolfers Necklace, and the Ruby Bracelet)

 Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (grandmother of the groom, wearing her Cartier Bandeau Tiara) and King Olav V of Norway (uncle)

Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (wearing the Luxembourg Empire Tiara) and King Leopold III of Belgium (father)

Hereditary Grand Duke Jean (brother-in-law), Hereditary Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte (sister, wearing the Belgian Scroll Tiara), and Prince Alexander of Belgium (brother)

 Prince Albert of Belgium (brother) and Queen Marie-Jose of Italy (aunt, wearing Queen Margherita’s Musy Tiara)

King Umberto II of Italy (uncle) and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (in the Stuart Diamond Tiara)

The Princess de Rethy (stepmother, in her Diamond Tiara), Queen Anne of Romania (wearing the Romanian Greek Key Tiara) with  King Michael of Romania and Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria,

 Princess Paola (sister-in-law, wearing Queen Elisabeth’s Diamond Bandeau)

 Princess Margaret (in her Poltimore Tiara) and the Earl of Snowdon.

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (wearing the Antique Pearl Tiara) and Prince Felix of Luxembourg

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and the Countess of Mora and Marchioness of Casa Riera (mother of the bride)

Prince Axel (uncle) and Princess Margaretha of Denmark (aunt, wearing the Khedive of Egypt Tiara) with Princess Irene of the Netherlands (wearing the Aquamarine Tiara)

 Princess Astrid of Norway (cousin, wearing the Vasa Tiara), Count Flemming and Countess Ruth of Rosenborg (wearing Princess Ingeborg’s Turquoise Star Tiara)

Prince George Valdemar (cousin) and Princess Anne of Denmark (in her Diamond Tiara)

Princess Maria Pia of Yugoslavia (cousin, wearing the Princess Olga’s Diamond Kokoshnik Tiara), Prince Juan Carlos of Spain, and Infanta María Cristina of Spain (in Infanta Isabel’s Mellerio Emerald Tiara)

The Count of Barcelona with Princess Maria Gabriella (cousin, in the Cartier Flower Tiara) and Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy (cousin, wearing the Ivy Wreath Tiara) with Prince Moritz of Hesse and Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta (in the Austria-Este Tiara)

Archduke Otto von Habsburg and Princess Napoléon

The Duchess of Braganza (in the Diamond Bandeau Tiara and Aquamarine Suite) and the Duchess of Bavaria (wearing the Eglantine Diamond and Pearl Tiara)

The Marquis of Villaverde and the Duchess of Franco.

Crown Prince Constantine of Greece along with Princess Sofia (in the Prussian Diamond Tiara) and Princess Irene attended a Reception at the Belgian Embassy in Athens.

Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara

 

Nine Provinces Tiara

Wolfers Necklace Tiara

Waterfall Brooch

Diamond Daisy Brooches

Tunisian Parure

Diamond Sautoir

 Aquamarines

Queen Fabiola’s Ruby Bracelet

 

 

 

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The Wedding Ball of King Baudouin of Belgium  and Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón (wearing the Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara and the Wolfers Necklace) at the Royal Palace of Brussels in 1960, which was followed by another Banquet hosted by the Belgian Government at the Musée du Cinquantenaire in Brussels on the eve of their Wedding at the Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula .

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Family members in attendance included Queen Elisabeth (grandmother of the groom, wearing her Cartier Bandeau Tiara), King Leopold III (father) and the Princess de Rethy (stepmother), Prince Albert (brother) and Princess Paola (sister-in-law, wearing Queen Elisabeth’s Bandeau), Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (wearing the Luxembourg Empire Tiara), Hereditary Grand Duke Jean (brother-in-law), Hereditary Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte (sister, wearing the Belgian Scroll Tiara), King Olav V of Norway (uncle), King Umberto (uncle) and Queen Marie-Jose of Italy (aunt, wearing her Musy Tiara). Royal Guests included Queen Juliana (in the Stuart Tiara) and Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands, King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania (wearing the Romanian Greek Key Tiara), Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria, Princess Margaret (in her Poltimore Tiara) and the Earl of Snowdon.

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Other royal guests included Prince Axel (uncle) and Princess Margaretha of Denmark (aunt, wearing the Khedive of Egypt Tiara), Crown Princess Beatrix (wearing the Antique Pearl Tiara) and Princess Irene of the Netherlands (wearing the Aquamarine Tiara), Princess Astrid of Norway (cousin, wearing the Vasa Tiara), Count Flemming and Countess Ruth of Rosenborg (wearing her Turquoise Star Tiara), Prince George Valdemar (cousin) and Princess Anne of Denmark (in her Diamond Tiara), Prince Alexander Princess Maria Pia of Yugoslavia (cousin, wearing the Princess Olga’s Diamond Kokoshnik Tiara), Princess Maria Gabriella (cousin, wearing Queen Margherita’s Diamond Wreath Tiara) and Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy  (cousin, wearing the Diamond Flower and Wreath Tiara), Archduke Otto von Habsburg, the Princess Napoleon, the Duchess of Braganza (in the Diamond Bandeau Tiara), the Duchess of Bavaria (wearing the Eglantine Diamond and Pearl Tiara), Infanta Maria Christina of Spain, the Archduke and Archduchess of Austria-Este (wearing the Savoy-Aosta Tiara), the Marquis of Villaverde and the Duchess of Franco.

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  1. I love the way Queen Paola’s (then Princess) tiara compliments the embroidery on the top of her gown!

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