In 200mila alla veglia per Giovanni Paolo II .1 million pilgrims at The beatification of John Paul II St Peter's Square, 1 May 2011

Since we have seen some focus this weekend on the Royal Family in Britain, I should mention that various members of Continental European royalty and aristocracy where in attendance for the beatification. Here are a few.

Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola
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Princess Letizia of Spain, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Marie Aglae, Princess of Liechtenstein
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Prince Felipe of Spain and, as already mentioned, Princess Letizia
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In addition to those already mentioned above, here we also see Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein to the very right and in white we see Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
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Both the Queen of Belgium and the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg made use of the privilege du blanc.