tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post6988670850518869459..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: Queen Astrid's PremonitionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-81833212866721791012009-03-06T18:34:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:34:00.000-05:00So many strange things. Also, Albert and Astrid di...So many strange things. Also, Albert and Astrid died of the same wound at the back of the skull. Leopold remarked on this. It's very striking to see photos of Albert's lying-in-state, with his head swathed in wrappings, and then see photos of Astrid's lying-in-state, again, with her head bandaged up... so sad. <BR/><BR/>I did a post on the similarities in Albert's and Astrid's lives ( there were quite a few points of comparison).<BR/><BR/>http://crossoflaeken.blogspot.com/2009/01/albert-astrid.html<BR/><BR/>The Belgian royal family really has a very tragic history.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-680522453237716972009-03-06T18:11:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:11:00.000-05:00Wow! I don't think it's coincidence at this point...Wow! I don't think it's coincidence at this point.Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-23452962728711236162009-03-06T17:48:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:48:00.000-05:00It is certainly very strange.Another thing, Astrid...It is certainly very strange.<BR/><BR/>Another thing, Astrid had a "mascot", a little ball of wood she used to wear in the car... to "touch wood," she said. She lost it soon after this conversation, and told Anna: "If only you knew how nervous this makes me, even if it is only superstition." <BR/><BR/><BR/>King Albert had some strange premonitions too. <BR/>Four years before he died, he wrote to his daughter Marie-José: "Life is a race, fate does not wait, I'm near the end." Yet he was in perfect health, only 55 years old. And shortly before his accident, he confided to a priest that he was ready to meet death at any moment, ( he took great care about having a clear conscience at all times ).Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-24099088199052581402009-03-06T17:16:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:16:00.000-05:00Oh my goodness...talk about strange feelings. Thi...Oh my goodness...talk about strange feelings. This was certainly tragic. How she must have been haunted by this after the fact...Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.com