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Dedicated to the Catholic monarchs of Belgium, and other topics of historical, cultural, human, political, and religious interest.

History, Royalty, Faith, Culture

  • History And Other Thoughts
    I Am Very Sorry, But I Mean To Be Just As Naughty Next Time
  • The Mad Monarchist
    Did Japan Read the Baron's Playbook?
  • The Anne Boleyn Files
    The Last Days of Anne Boleyn – A Review and Rundown
  • Tea at Trianon
    Approuvé par la reine Marie-Antoinette
  • Royal World
    Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926-2013)
  • Once I Was A Clever Boy
    Bodleian acquires manuscript of Hopkins' 'Binsey Poplars'
  • La Fleur de Lys too
    Islam is not a Religion of Peace?
  • Grand Duchess Elizabeth And Other Stories
    Step 3 – Socialise Your Dog
  • Confessions of a Ci-Devant
    An extract from my history of the British monarchy
  • Arrayed in Gold
    Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna
  • Enchanted by Josephine - History Salon
    Blood Between Queens by Barbara Kyle is FANTASTIC!
  • radical royalist
    Royal Over-seas League - Victorian Branch
  • Fountain of Elias
    Pope Francis on St. Francis
  • Royal Rendezvous
    New Post Soon
  • All Things Royal...
  • Catherine Delors
    Marie-Antoinette, simple elegance and the secrets of Versailles
  • History's Untold Treasures
    Fr. Thomas Byles: A Profile in Courage Aboard the Titanic
  • Et Lux in Tenebris Lucet!
    Compelled to break silence
  • Lost in the Myths of History
    The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition
  • The Royal Universe
    All William and Kate’s children to be Princes and Princesses
  • The Exiled Belgian Royalist
    Kingdom of Belgium Proclaimed
  • Royal Portraits
    David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii
  • Mary Tudor: Renaissance Queen
    New Work on the Wardrobe of Mary I
  • History was never like that!
    Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir - Random House
  • Metanoia
    Prayer request
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  • Belgica Catholica
  • Belgium in the Catholic Encyclopedia
  • BelVue
  • Fonds d'Entraide Prince et Princesse Alexandre de Belgique
  • Fonds Léopold III
  • Fonds Prince Philippe
  • King Albert I Memorial Foundation
  • King Baudouin Foundation
  • Médecins de la Grande Guerre
  • Prince Charles, Regent of Belgium
  • Prince Laurent Foundation
  • ProBelgica
  • Queen Paola Foundation
  • Royal Belgium at Flickr
  • The Belgian Monarchy

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King Leopold III, Queen Astrid, and Princess Lilian

  • A Beloved Queen
  • A Catholic Queen
  • A Tender Father
  • Abdication of Leopold III
  • Abdication Speech of Leopold III
  • Accession of Leopold III
  • Admiral Keyes on the Belgian Capitulation
  • Astrid & Lilian
  • In Memoriam: Astrid, Queen of the Belgians
  • In Memoriam: Leopold III, King of the Belgians
  • In Memoriam: Princess Lilian of Belgium
  • Joseph Davies' View of King Leopold III
  • King Leopold & the Deportation of Belgian Workers
  • King Leopold III on the Belgian Capitulation
  • King Leopold to the Belgian Nation, 1940
  • King Leopold's Broadcast to the USA, 1939
  • Leopold & Astrid
  • Leopold's Letter to George VI of the United Kingdom, 1940
  • Leopold's Tribute To His Beloved Lilian
  • Political Testament: Part I
  • Political Testament: Part II
  • Political Testament: Part III
  • Political Testament: Part IV
  • Political Testament: Part V
  • Political Testament: Part VI
  • Political Testament: Part VII
  • Political Testament: Part VIII
  • Political Testament: Part IX
  • Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid in the Congo
  • Princess Lilian of Belgium
  • Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium
  • Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium
  • The "Political Testament" of Leopold III
  • The Black Legend of Leopold III
  • The Faith of Leopold III
  • The Glamor of Princess Lilian
  • The Tragic Legend of Queen Astrid
  • The Queen's Appeal
  • The Tragedy of Leopold III
  • The Wedding of Leopold and Astrid
  • The Wedding of Leopold and Lilian

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-Leopold III, King of the Belgians, 1936

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