Visions of Marie-José of Belgium (1906-2001), the last Queen consort of Italy as the wife of King Umberto II. A Belgian princess and and a mid 1920s bride who in these pictures at least always wore her tiaras pulled down and straight across her forehead like the other flappers.

Portrait of Marie-José of Belgium, the last Queen consort of Italy as the wife of King Umberto II. 1930. Italian. Luigi Grassi, painter (1857-1937). Artwork in the public domain due to age. via @les_princesses_immortelles on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/les_princesses_immortelles/p/DDQIVzQIpZr/?hl=en
Princess Marie-José, The Princess of Piedmont (later Queen Consort of Italy) née Princess of Belgium. 1930s photograph. Photographer not given. Image source: https://carolathhabsburg.tumblr.com/post/77181200812/princess-maria-jose-of-belgium-later-queen-of in the public domain. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Jose_of_Belgium,_Crown_Princess_of_Italy.jpg

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