Monday, December 15

Belgium Gains a Spanish Queen


King Baudouin of the Belgians marries Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, the daughter of a Spanish aristocrat, at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels (15 December 1960)

Sunday, December 14

Two Glamorous Princesses


The Princess of Liège attends a pre-wedding ball for her brother-in-law, King Baudouin of the Belgians; behind her are Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom and her new husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones (14 December 1960)

Friday, December 12

No Stranger to the Nobel Prize


French writer Albert Camus receives the Nobel Prize for Literature from King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, as other members of the Swedish royal family look on (12 December 1957)

Thursday, December 11

Belgian Royal Couple's Silver Celebration


In a photo released to commemorate their silver wedding anniversary, King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of the Belgians relax in September 1985 on the grounds of Laeken Palace with King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain (photo released on 11 December 1985)