{"id":22346,"date":"2026-04-04T17:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=22346"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:57:34","slug":"only-7-women-allowed-to-wear-white-near-the-pope-what-makes-them-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=22346","title":{"rendered":"Only 7 Women Allowed to Wear White Near the Pope \u2013 What Makes Them Special!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"404\">The \u201cprivilege of the white\u201d is a rare Vatican honor allowing only seven Catholic queens and princesses to wear white when meeting the Pope. Known as <em data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"245\">le privil\u00e8ge du blanc<\/em> or <em data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"275\">il privilegio del bianco<\/em>, it highlights their special status during formal Vatican occasions like private audiences, canonizations, and special masses.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"787\">Current holders include Queen Sofia and Queen Letizia of Spain, Queen Paola and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Princess Marina of Naples, and Princess Charlene of Monaco. To qualify, women are usually consorts or reigning queens of historically recognized \u201cMost Catholic\u201d monarchies, and the privilege is generally hereditary unless revoked.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"1133\">Princess Charlene, who converted to Catholicism before marrying Prince Albert, has exercised the privilege, most recently during a papal visit to Monaco. However, royal women don\u2019t always use it\u2014Charlene wore black at Pope Francis\u2019s 2013 inauguration mass, and Queen Letizia has sometimes skipped traditional elements like the white mantilla.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1390\">The honor is exclusive to Catholic royalty; non-royal leaders\u2019 spouses and consorts of non-Catholic monarchs are excluded. Occasional breaches, like Cherie Blair wearing white in 2003 or Queen Elizabeth II choosing lavender in 2014, have sparked debate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1511\">While rare and symbolic, the privilege\u2019s application varies, balancing tradition with personal or diplomatic choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cprivilege of the white\u201d is a rare Vatican honor allowing only seven Catholic queens and princesses to wear white when meeting the Pope. Known as le privil\u00e8ge du blanc or il privilegio del bianco, it highlights their special status during formal Vatican occasions like private audiences, canonizations, and special masses. Current holders include Queen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=22346\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Only 7 Women Allowed to Wear White Near the Pope \u2013 What Makes Them Special!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22349,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22346\/revisions\/22349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}