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Paola Margherita Maria-Antonia Consiglia dei Principi Ruffo di Calabria [b] [2] (born 11 September 1937) is a member of the Belgian royal family who was Queen of the Belgians during the reign of her husband, King Albert II, from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013.
Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark: 11/06/2002 Jordan: King and Queen: King Abdullah II and Queen Rania: 03/10/2002 Bulgaria: President: Georgi Parvanov: Audience by the King and Queen, followed by a lunch attended by King and Queen, Queen Fabiola, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz ...
Albert (right) and his brother Baudouin, c. 1940 King Albert II and Queen Paola with US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at the Royal Palace of Brussels in 2005. In 1958, Albert went to the Vatican to witness the coronation of Pope John XXIII. At a reception at the Belgian Embassy, he met Italian Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria ...
Queen Paola and King Albert II, who abdicated the throne in 2013 for health reasons, will likely not be in attendance. Bhutan. King Jigme and Queen Jetsun will travel from Bhutan for Queen ...
Queen Paola was the project's patron. [11] Construction was scheduled for completion in 2013. [14] It is planned to raise the wreck of Belgica and to put it on display at the Belgian National Maritime Museum, Antwerp. Before the wreck is raised, the Royal Norwegian Navy will remove the remaining ammunition. [14]
However, upon their accession to the throne in 1993, King Albert II and Queen Paola preferred to remain living in the Belvédère Château on the grounds of the park surrounding the palace. The current occupants of the palace are King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and their four children.
Philippe, then Duke of Brabant, is the eldest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola. [3] Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz is a descendant of Belgian and Polish nobility. [4] After the wedding, Mathilde became the duchess of Brabant and a princess of Belgium on 8 November 1999 (published on 13 November 1999 and effective from 4 December 1999).
The Belvédère Château (French: Château du Belvédère; Dutch: Kasteel Belvédère; German: Schloss Belvédère) is a residence of the Belgian royal family in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, which currently houses King Albert II and his wife, Queen Paola.