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Belgian ladies-in-waiting

Posted by Hans <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Hans' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 28, 2022, 6:08 am

Any idea about the family and tiaras?

Re: Belgian ladies-in-waiting

Posted by Maria Olivia <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Maria+Olivia' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 28, 2022, 9:07 am, in reply to "Belgian ladies-in-waiting"

Comtesse Solange de Liedekerke was Queen Fabiola private lady of waiting during 50 years. She was never seen at official Events.The Queen often had a Lady in waiting for a Day.
On this pictures two ladies are not belgians , Why wearing a sash as Queen Fabiola never wore one.
It must be Ladies of the Guest Houses , I don't know them.

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Posted by Benita Lee <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Benita+Lee' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 28, 2022, 2:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Belgian ladies-in-waiting"

Was there any reason given why Queen Fabiola never wore sashes?

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Posted by JohnPete <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=JohnPete' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 29, 2022, 8:32 am, in reply to "Re: Belgian ladies-in-waiting"

She was an incredibly pious woman, I believe her thinking was to be as humble as possible and not wear honours. She made an exception for Papal honours though.

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Posted by Kongetro <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Kongetro' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 29, 2022, 12:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Belgian ladies-in-waiting"

I believe that the second photo, the one with Albert and Paola, is taken during the State Visit from the Republic of Finland to Belgium. So I would say that it is not very likely that the lady wearing a tiara in the background is a "lady-in-waiting" to the Finnish First Lady. Could it be a lady-in-waiting to Paola?

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Unkown tiaras for State Visits to Belgium

Posted by Maria Olivia <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Maria+Olivia' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 29, 2022, 1:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Belgian ladies-in-waiting"

Princess Paola had no Lady in waiting .
Queen Fabiola said sashes was for the King. A lot of Diplomatic incidents happened concerning the Consort Queen not wanting to wear an Order.

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She was an incredibly pious woman, I believe her thinking was to be as humble as possible and not wear honours. She made an exception for Papal honours though.

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Was there any reason given why Queen Fabiola never wore sashes?

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Any idea about the family and tiaras?

Re: Unkown tiaras for State Visits to Belgium

Posted by Kongetro <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Kongetro' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 3, 2022, 4:06 am, in reply to "Unkown tiaras for State Visits to Belgium"

Thank you for getting back to me on the fact that Paola did not have a lady-in-waiting while she was Princess of Liège.
As I don't know how the Belgian Royal Court was organized back in the days of Baudouin and Fabiola I am just going to throw out another idea (which might be completely off the mark): instead of being a lady-in-waiting could they be some sort of other Royal courtiers? Most Royal Courts have a Chief Mistress / Mistress of the Robes position as well as ladies-in-waiting. In Sweden they have several high ranking court ladies for instance. Did the Belgian Court have such positions? Or perhaps the ladies were the wives of senior ministers in the Government, or even the wives of high ranking diplomats (Belgian Ambassador to Finland for instance in the case of the second photo). I am just throwing out ideas here in the hope that somebody would better knowledge to the Belgian court / society might be able to spin on on those thoughts.

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Re: Unkown tiaras for State Visits to Belgium

Posted by Maria Olivia <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Maria+Olivia' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 3, 2022, 9:11 am, in reply to "Re: Unkown tiaras for State Visits to Belgium"

To Kongetro,
On the contrary of the British and Scandinavian Courts in Belgium we don't have Courtiers or mistress of the Robes etc....
Queen Fabiola had a very special Lady of Waiting for the day. Cousines and Friends did it and said that informations were asked about their private life.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde have a great Staff folowing them.

ack to me on the fact that Paola did not have a lady-in-waiting while she was Princess of Liège.
As I don't know how the Belgian Royal Court was organized back in the days of Baudouin and Fabiola I am just going to throw out another idea (which might be completely off the mark): instead of being a lady-in-waiting could they be some sort of other Royal courtiers? Most Royal Courts have a Chief Mistress / Mistress of the Robes position as well as ladies-in-waiting. In Sweden they have several high ranking court ladies for instance. Did the Belgian Court have such positions? Or perhaps the ladies were the wives of senior ministers in the Government, or even the wives of high ranking diplomats (Belgian Ambassador to Finland for instance in the case of the second photo). I am just throwing out ideas here in the hope that somebody would better knowledge to the Belgian court / society might be able to spin on on those thoughts.

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