Astrid and Léopold in 1930, at the wedding of Léopold's sister Marie José with crownprince Umberto of Italy.
Astrid was expecting her second child, prince (later king) Baudouin.
Her best friend, Swedish countess Anna Sparre, wrote :
" The year [1930] started with the marriage of Leopold's sister Marie José. She got married on the 18th of January in Rome.Astrid had ordered her outfit at Belgian fashionhouses. For the wedding she had ordered a gold colored gown with a 4 meter long train, set off with gold colored lace, that her mama [princess Ingeborg of Denmark] wore when she came to Sweden as a newly married woman in 1897. And it was very chic.Astrid also talked about her pretty cream colored veil, that the city Bruges had given her as a wedding present, and the matching gloves. The wedding festivities lasted 6 days."
Anna Sparre. La reine Astrid. Mon amie à moi.Ed. Luc Pire, 1986