To: ELS; livius
Isn't the Queen of Spain one of the privileged few who may wear white in a Papal audience?
8 posted on
07/07/2006 6:36:25 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: AnAmericanMother
Regarding the protocol for women who are granted an audience with the Pope, only Catholic queens may wear white - a white dress or suit with a white head covering (often a mantilla). All other women are required to wear black with a black head covering.
9 posted on
07/07/2006 7:16:14 PM PDT by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
To: AnAmericanMother
It appears in
these photos from the private audience at Castel Gandolfo, that Queen Sofia was wearing white, but no head covering. However, during and after the Inauguration Mass, Queen Sofia was wearing a very beautiful mantilla:
13 posted on
07/07/2006 7:41:05 PM PDT by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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