The Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara was given to the future Queen Fabiola of Belgium as a wedding gift by the Spanish people. Embed from Getty Images Fabiola received the tiara from the hands of Carmen Franco, the wife of Francisco Franco, on 5 December 1960. This also happened to be Fabiola’s birthday. Embed from Getty [read more]
The Wolfers Tiara was created by a Belgian jeweller as a wedding present for the future Queen Fabiola of Belgium on behalf of the brokers and jewellers of Antwerp. The tiara has more than 200 diamonds, and it can also be worn as a necklace. Queen Fabiola wore the piece often. Embed from Getty Images [read more]
The Nine Provinces Tiara is a versatile tiara belonging to the Belgian Royal Family. The tiara was a wedding gift to Princess Astrid of Sweden when she married the future King Leopold III of Belgium. The tiara was made in 1926 by a Belgian jeweller named Van Bever and was a gift on behalf of [read more]
On 5 June 1962, a day before her father’s birthday, Princess Astrid was born as the daughter of the then Prince and Princess of Liège, later King Albert II and Queen Paola of the Belgians – with a grand total of seven names – Astrid Josephine Charlotte Fabrizia Elisabeth Paola Maria – and weighing 3,3 [read more]
Did King Baudouin of Belgium have a relationship with his stepmother, Lilian, Princess of Réthy? Former Prime Minister Achille Van Acker certainly thought so. His diaries which describe the relationship are now available to view in the archives. Rumours first reached Van Acker in November 1952, and he worried about them, so he wrote in [read more]
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