Figure 1.-- Here is the royal family about 1967 with the five children. The girls wear prim dresses and Prince Henri Albert Gabriel a trim suits. All very fashionable attire. Notice the trim cut of the suit pants. The younger boys wear more casual outfits. Prince Jean Felix Marie Guillaume wears an open collared shirt, sweater, and slacks. Prince Guillaume Marie Louis wears a T-shirt and bib-front shorts, a rather casual style as the other children are dressed up.

John and Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg had five children, three boys and two girls. We have very little information on their childhoods. Their eldest son Henri Albert Gabriel (1955- ) married Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista (1956- ), daughter of Jose Antonio Mestre and Maria Teresa Batista y Falla (1981). There other children were: Marie-Astrid Liliane (1954- ), Jean Felix Marie Guillaume (1957- ), Margaretha Antonia Marie (1957- ), and Guillaume Marie Louis (1963- ). We know very little about the children at this time. The image here shows the family about 1969 (figure 1). We have some limited information on how the children were dressed.

The Children

John and Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg had five children, three boys and two girls. We have very little information on their childhoods. Their eldest son Henri Albert Gabriel (1955- ) inherited the crown. His sisterMarie-Astrid was older, but only males could inherit the throne. He married Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista (1956- ), daughter of Jose Antonio Mestre and Maria Teresa Batista y Falla (1981). There other children were: Marie-Astrid Liliane (1954- ), Jean Felix Marie Guillaume (1957- ), Margaretha Antonia Marie (1957- ), and Guillaume Marie Louis (1963- ). We know very little about the children at this time. The image here shows the family about 1969 (figure 1). Grand Duke Henri Albert has urged Luxembergers to honor family values and to ensure equal rights forboth men and women. He has encouraged his subjects not to rely wholly on the relaxed banking that have atracted financial institutions from all over Europe. Increasingly complaints from other countries, especially the European Community are forcing reforms to the Luxemburg banking laws--although this has proven very controversial.

Children's Clothes

We do not have a great deal of information on how the children dressed. There are numerous portraits of the children, however, which provide us details on how the children were dressed over time. There are both group portraits and individual portraits. A portrait of Prince Guillaume about 1964 shows him wearing rompers. Other images show him wearing bib-front shorts. The portrait for the children here shows the two older boys wearing trim-fitting single-breasted suits. The girls wear simple, but elegant dresses. Unlike the boys, they do not seem to have worn casual clothes.

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