The Royal Court announced the Engagement as this les fiançailles de Son Altesse Royale le Prince Albert, Prince de Liège avec Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria.
--Previous Message-- : Left to Queen Paola’s Mother is her sister : also with a tiara. : The picture was taken during the pre-wedding : Event of King Baudouin’s wedding. : Perhaps Donna Luisa loaned tiaras from : italian Noble and rich families she knew. : Donna Luise was a widow and was not rich at : all. There was no Glittering Event before : Paola and Albert’s’s wedding. : : --Previous Message-- : Indeed quite strange, that there are no : important gifts from her own family or from : other aristocratic Italian families. : : Even strange that there was no big : jewel-present form the former Italian royal : family because they know each other even : before the Ruffo di Calabria engagement. : : In 1960, the mother of Queen Paola, Princess : Luisa wore a diamond (flower?) tiara. : : : : On the picture, you can see HRH Princess : Luiza Ruffo di Calabria with an unknown : tiara, her dazzling daughter HRH Princess : Paola with the Diamond Art-Deco Bandeau, : here worn for the first time. And an unknown : lady with tiara. : : :