Around 13:20 the newly-wed couple drove back to the Royal Palace while in the park of the palace 51 salutes were fired to celebrate them. The couple, with parents and bridesmaids shortly appeared on the balcony of the royal palace, but no kiss followed the one at the town-hall anymore to the big disappointment of the public.
At the royal palace some 500 guests attended a gala lunch banquet by Chef Jean-Pierre Bruneau. At the lunch cameras were not allowed. The wedding cake came from the confectioner Herman van Dender, was more than three metres high and among others Belgian chocolate was used.
Photo: Netty Leistra