Belgium King Albert waves as he stands next to his wife Queen Paola upon arriving at a gala dinner in El Pardo palace, near Madrid, May 21, 2004 on the eve of the wedding of the Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and fiance Letizia Ortiz. Felipe and former TV-anchor Ortiz will marry on May 22 in the first royal marriage in Spain of a crown prince or a king in nearly a century. Courtesy Reuters