Belgium King Albert Queen Paola Royal Presentation Photograph Royalty Document for Sale

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Belgium King Albert Queen Paola Royal Presentation Photograph Royalty Document :
$1499.96

LOT-PM217. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original antique c.2004 royal presentation photograph of King Albert II snd Queen Paola of Belgium, hand-signed and inscribed by King Albert II and Queen Paola. Royal presentation photograph comes with the original leather royal presentation photo frame. Royal presentation photograph measures approximately 8.25\" x 10.5\". Gold gilt royal crown cipher coat of arms. Royalty photograph is manuscript hand-signed in fountain pen ink. Museum quality. One of a kind. Guaranteed authentic.

Albert II (born 6 June 1934) is a member of the Belgian royal family who reigned as King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013.

Albert II is the son of King Leopold III and the last living child of Queen Astrid, born a princess of Sweden. He is the younger brother of the late Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg and King Baudouin, whom he succeeded following Baudouin\'s death in 1993. He married Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria (now Queen Paola), with whom he had three children. Albert\'s eldest son, Philippe, is the current King of the Belgians.

On 3 July 2013, King Albert II attended a midday session of the Belgian cabinet. He then announced that, on 21 July, Belgian National Day, he would abdicate the throne for health reasons. He was succeeded by his son Philippe on 21 July 2013. Albert II was the fourth monarch to abdicate in 2013, following Pope Benedict XVI, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, and Emir Hamad bin Khalifa of Qatar. In so doing, he was also the second Belgian monarch to abdicate, following his father Leopold III who abdicated in 1951, albeit under very different circumstances.

Paola (née Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria; born 11 September 1937) is a member of the Belgian royal family who was Queen of the Belgians during the reign of her husband, King Albert II, from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013.