tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post6892069506673475710..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: Queen Astrid and...Chocolate!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-2178131924389120342009-08-30T19:50:10.790-04:002009-08-30T19:50:10.790-04:00Thanks for all the comments today! It makes my day...Thanks for all the comments today! It makes my day.<br /><br />Yes, perhaps chocolate somehow evokes regal excellence. It also seems somewhat suitable to me as there is a charming story of Astrid baking a chocolate birthday cake for Leopold when he visited Sweden during their engagement (for their civil wedding). She made it with Belgian chocolate though, not French, but still it seems appropriate.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-6335991017021646412009-08-30T19:46:53.478-04:002009-08-30T19:46:53.478-04:00There must be something about chocolate. There is ...There must be something about chocolate. There is a Canadian chocolate company named after the famous royalist Laura Secord (daughter of exiled loyalists from the US) and down Mexico way there is a popular chocolate bar named after Emperor Charles V. Now Queen Astrid joins the club.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.com