wanted the bride? Eccheli here and here as things get for good or not, today is the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of two that are almost unknown to most, perhaps even if, by chance, they are two people with strong ties to Italy. She's Astrid of Belgium, daughter at the time of Prince Albert of Liege, and Paola Ruffo di Calabria, the beautiful Italian who in the late 50s, married the brother of the king of Belgium. He is the Archduke Lorenz of Habsburg-Lorraine (on the title, there are disputes, according to some should be called Archduke Lorenz of Austria, but I like more so), nephew to turn some people truly legendary. His paternal grandparents are the last Austrian emperor, Charles I and his wife, the extraordinary and tostissima Empress Zita, born Princess of Bourbon-Parma. A small woman of steel in two short years of his reign is working to end a war (World War) and then exiled tragic and devastating, and soon a widow with eight children, chooses the path of rigor, understatement and social commitment in the memory of the Beloved Husband deceased. By Lorenz maternal grandfather as Duke of Aosta Amedeo, the hero of the Battle of the Area Alagi who was defeated, he prefers to stay in Africa with his soldiers. Amedeo, who died in captivity, the British make the honors of war and his name lives on today in one of the great-grandchildren, the eldest son of Lorenz and Astrid. The Princess and the Archduke (she is 22 years old and he almost 31) convoluted relations between the satisfaction of real (at a time when many of the principles brought to the altar of bourgeois girls), 22 September 1984 in Notre Dame du Sablon in Brussels and said piovosissima "sposa bagnata sposa fortunata", in questo caso pare ci abbia preso davvero. La coppia resiste da 25 anni senza scosse, senza turbamenti e soprattutto senza scandali. Lui è un banchiere, lei assolve ai doveri di rappresentanza "reale" da quando (dopo la modifica della Costituzione nel 1993) alle donne è stato consentito l'accesso al trono. Insieme hanno tirato su cinque figli, Amedeo, Maria Laura, Joachim, Luisa Maria e Laetizia Maria e, nonostante qualcuno sussurri che Astrid non è una mamma molto presente, la coppia pare felice e la famiglia unita ed armoniosa.
Eccoli oggi (nella foto qui sopra), nella loro veste ufficiale e di rappresentanza. Il giorno delle nozze, a cui prendono by representatives of all the royal families of Europe, Astrid is wearing a crinoline dress of the Belgian couturier Louis Mies and chooses not to bring one of the beautiful crowns of the royal house, but stops the bun with some white flowers. The veil, in old lace-up in Brussels, belongs to the family Ruffo di Calabria and is worn by all the women of the family. 
The couple began their married life in Basel, where Lorenz works, and only return to Brussels in the early 90s, but remaining in the shadows. Astrid and Lorenz are screened on the front of the scene in the summer of 1993 to the death of his uncle, King Baudouin. What is now the new king's daughter assumes his duties in full because, in addition to being second in line of succession, is also one of the few women in the family since the brothers are not yet married and widowed Queen Fabiola is moving towards a life almost monastic. 
Who knows speaks of it as a very shy person, but also very friendly and pleasant, easy and gentle. Some Princess Astrid was opened a little 'more, you buy a certain security, after over 40 years and since then has also changed their way of dressing, leaving the classic and put a little' old-fashioned clothes more fashion. The photo above, taken in December last marriage of Archduchess Marie Christine of Habsburg-Lorraine, however, demonstrates how she and her daughter, despite the change and modernization, have an urgent need of a good stylist and hairdresser.
Insights for French here site Noblesses & Royautées.
a ps - I apologize to those who waited on Lord Mountbatten's third episode, coming in a few days, but this silver anniversary seemed an opportunity not to be missed, plus (mea culpa) I had never spoken the real Belgium
ps 2 - I'm sorry, I did not put links to the names of various characters, impeatrice Zita, the Duke of Aosta, but lately I wikipedia has a little 'disappointed. Be patient ...
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