The Belgian Royal Family had an Audience with Pope Pius XI at the Vatican on this day in 1930, 95 years ago, the day before Princess Marie Jose married Crown Prince Umberto of Italy.
Crown Prince Leopold, Crown Princess Astrid, Princess Marie Jose, and Prince Charles joined King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium for an audience with Pope Pius XI at the Vatican, which came less than a month after the Italian Royal Family’s first visit to the Vatican.
King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (wearing her Cartier Bandeau Tiara)
Crown Princess Astrid (in her Stockholm Tiara)
Princess Marie Jose (wearing her Beauharnais Pearl Tiara)
Royal Visits to the Vatican
