The Cross of Laeken

Here are some bittersweet reminiscences of Queen Elisabeth's recovery from depression after King Albert's death, from Catherine Barj...

Marche-les-Dames  is forever associated with the tragic death of Albert I and all the ominous consequences for the Belgian monarchy. Nonet...

Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians was devastated by the loss of her husband, King Albert I, in 1934. Yet, following the equally tragic death o...

In Chapter 14 of her memoirs, Portraits with Backgrounds,  entitled "A Queen in a Park," Catherine Barjansky recalls Queen Elisabe...

In Chapter 15 of  Portraits with Backgrounds,   entitled "Portrait of a King,"  Russian sculptress Catherine Barjansky movingly re...

In 1947, Russian sculptress Catherine Barjansky, wife of celebrated cellist Alexandre Barjansky, published her memoirs, Portraits with Backg...