The flame-haired wife of King Muhammed VI of Morocco seems to be settling right into her royal role, playing the perfect hostess during a visit by Belgium's King Albert and Queen Paola.
Princess Lalla Salma, who wed 40-year-old King Muhammed in 2002, showed both her charm and her stylish dress sense as she accompanied the European sovereigns in Casablanca.
The smile never leaving her face, Lalla Salma was pretty in pink as she greeted the king and queen on Tuesday, setting off her cascading locks with rose-coloured beaded jewellery. And, as she and Queen Paola visited a local centre for single mothers the following day, she once again opted for strawberry hues, in a patterned jacket worn over a simple black dress.
Princess Lalla Salma's high-profile role is just one of many recent changes to her country's royal family and traditions. A commoner and computer engineer, the princess is the first wife of a Moroccan king to be photographed or seen publicly.
The royal couple welcomed their first child, a son, in May 2003. On that occasion, King Muhammed VI once again broke with tradition by releasing informal pictures of himself and his new baby just after the birth.
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