Queen Paola of Belgium
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All eyes on Kalaupapa patients for celebration in Damien's hometown...Mass in a large tent at Ninde. The patients were scheduled to be personally greeted by Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola, before Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels celebrated Mass before the crowd. He was to be joined by Honolulu... In this article: Father Damien, Kalaupapa, Belgium, Hansen's disease, Hawai'i, Lung cancer, and Queen Paola |
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | October 05, 2009
Pilgrim's pride
...other priests by members of Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula. Belgian King Albert II and Queen Paola accepted maile and orchid leis from Leimomi Ho and Kauhane Aiu. Before Mass a brief costumed enactment of the priest comforting...
In this article: Father Damien, Leprosy, Godfried Danneels, Hawaii, Kalaupapa, Molokai, and Belgium
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Charlotte Observer | October 04, 2009
Belgium, Honolulu bishop celebrate 'leper priest'
...Sunday's Mass, which was celebrated in Dutch and English. It was attended by King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium, government members and Bishop Clarence Richard Silva of Honolulu. "It is an honor to be one of the chosen ones," said Ms....
In this article: Father Damien, Leprosy, Honolulu, Molokai, Belgium, Hawaiian island, Bishop, and Hawaii
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | September 11, 2009
Dutch and Belgian royals accused of tax avoidance
...retain a captain and two crew paid for by the army, and so by the Belgian taxpayer." Queen Paola, King Albert's consort, has defended the purchase. "It is very unfair, above all because we have always sailed, since our marriage 50 years...
In this article: Albert II, Tax, Princess Christina, Belgium, Revenue, Queen Paola, and Paleis Noordeinde
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The Hindu - News | November 09, 2008
Belgium King, Queen arrive at Chennai
Belgium King, Queen arrive at Chennai Chennai (PTI): A high level business and academic committee, headed by Belgium King Albert II and Queen Paola, have arrived here. They were given a grand welcome by State Labour Minister T M Anbarasan...
In this article: Chennai, Queen Paola, Surjit Singh Barnala, Albert II, Belgium, and Tiruchirapalli
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Priest who lived with leprosy now a saint
Belgium's King Albert II, center, and Queen Paola, left, look at Pope Benedict XVI coming for a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI gave the...
In this article: Leprosy, Father Damien, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican City, Hawaii, and Molokai
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Wikipedia | July 21, 2009
David O'Hanlon (priest)
...Republic of China (14 January 1997), Visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (3 February 1997), Pope receives King Albert II and Queen Paola of the Belgians (15 May 1998). Robinson's visit on 10 May 1997 was described with the words...
In this article: David O'Hanlon, Mary Robinson, Pope, Vatican, Catholic Church, Dana Rosemary Scallon, Pope John Paul II, Saint Peter, Pope John XXIII, and Paola of Belgium
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www.washingtonpost.com | December 14, 2006
TV Report of Belgian Breakup Is Fake, but Anger Proves Real
...with," he said. RTBF's phony newscast reported that the "Flemish parliament has unilaterally declared the independence of Flanders" and that King Albert II and Queen Paola had left on the first air force plane available. The broadcast...
In this article: RTBF, Flanders, Belgium, Queen Paola, Filip Dewinter, Anne-Marie Lizin, and European Union
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Belgian king to arrive in India amid gurdwara row
...to bust an illegal immigration racket. The Belgian monarch, accompanied by Queen Paola, leads a high-powered delegation, including Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, top business leaders and academics. The royal visit comes shortly after...
In this article: Vilvorde, Brussels, India, Belgium, Karel De Gucht, Queen Paola, and King Albert II of Belgium
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Delphine Boel
...since she is a mother herself. In the same interview, she alleged that when she and her mother moved to England when she was 9, the then Crown Prince Albert wished to divorce Princess Paola and join them. Her mother apparently opposed this...
In this article: Delphine Michele Anne Marie Boel, Albert II of Belgium, Queen Paola, Queen Astrid, Francois Mitterrand, Prince Laurent of Belgium, and Mazarine Pingeot
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Paola, Queen of the Belgians, born Princess Donna Paola Margherita Maria Antonia Consiglia Ruffo di Calabria (born 11 September, 1937, Forte dei Marmi, Italy), is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium. She is the seventh and youngest child of Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke of Guardia Lombarda (1884-1946). Her mother was Countess Luisa Gazelli di Rossana e di Sebastiano (1896-1989), a matrilineal descendant of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette. She is of Italian and Belgian ancestry and was hailed as one of the leading beauties of Europe in her youth. The family of the Queen Paola, the princes Ruffo di Calabria are one of the most ancient linages of Italy. The first ancester proved of this House is Giordano who was grand marechal of the Royaume of Sicilia at the beginning of the year 1200. The Ruffo´s were divided into two branches after the XIV century: the Ruffo princes of the Scaletta and the Ruffo di Calabria, to which branch Queen Paola belongs. Her brother, the prince Fabrizio Ruffo di Calabria, the current head of the family, bears the titles of Prince of Scilla, Prince of Palazzolo, Patrician of Naples, Duke of Guardia Lombarda, Count of Sinopoli, Marquis of Licodia, Count of Nicotera and Baron of Calanna and of Crispano. Among her ancestors figure Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette the hero of American Independence. Princess Paola Ruffo di Calabria married HRH Prince Albert, Prince of Liège, in Brussels, Belgium, on July 2, 1959. The couple have three children:
* Philippe, Duke of Brabant who married Countess Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz
* Astrid who married Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este;
* Laurent, who married Claire Louise Coombs.
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