tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post365164937985395746..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: Is This True?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-64411442178420396162009-08-30T19:33:49.184-04:002009-08-30T19:33:49.184-04:00D'oh! Of course, that totally slipped my mind ...D'oh! Of course, that totally slipped my mind for some reason.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-90554657128300219402009-08-30T18:34:30.811-04:002009-08-30T18:34:30.811-04:00After his abdication (unless we imagine a scenario...After his abdication (unless we imagine a scenario where he had not married again) it would have been a problem for him to retire to a monastery too. By then he had a new wife and was raising a second set of children.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-48628401138555408952009-08-30T18:22:29.702-04:002009-08-30T18:22:29.702-04:00I wish I knew more myself but that's a new one...I wish I knew more myself but that's a new one on me as well. It would be no problem for me to believe if it was after his abdication that he thought of retiring to a monastery but it is a little far out for him to consider such a thing while he was still king. As you say though, it does speak well for him and how important spiritual matters were to him.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-2374546116496641592009-08-30T16:55:31.289-04:002009-08-30T16:55:31.289-04:00Good point. At least it counteracts the strange id...Good point. At least it counteracts the strange idea so often spread that Leopold was a "lukewarm" Catholic.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-45294047953375919702009-08-30T16:21:15.271-04:002009-08-30T16:21:15.271-04:00At least this rumour is positive Matterhorn-unlike...At least this rumour is positive Matterhorn-unlike most of the half truths and fantasies that have been spread about King Leopold.aarondavidsonnoreply@blogger.com