The Cross of Laeken

Berthe Petit (1870-1943) was a Belgian Franciscan tertiary, mystic, stigmatist and apostle of devotion to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart...

In her book, Kings, Queens, and Pawns , available on Project Gutenberg, American writer and reporter Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) g...

In another chapter of Kings, Queens, and Pawns, Mary Roberts Rinehart brings Queen Elisabeth of Belgium to life. This is how she describe...

The Mad Monarchist challenges one of the most common clichés about Belgium.

The first days of September, 1935 were a sad time for the peoples and royal families of Belgium and Sweden. The little heir to the Belgian...

Recently, I have had some questions about the title of this blog. On one level, it is simply a reference to the crosses atop the Church of O...

An intelligent, humorous commentary on the Flemish separatist movement.  I think it would be a tragedy if Belgium and her monarchy disappear...

A postcard commemorating the 75th anniversary of Belgian independence in 1905, incidentally also the year the future Queen Astrid was bor...

In Leo XIII: A Light from Heaven  (1961) , Brother William J. Kiefer, S.M. discusses the time that Joachim Pecci, future Pope Leo XIII, sp...

As May draws to a close, I encourage everyone to read this excellent account from the Mad Monarchist.   I especially like his suggestion...

Our dear friend, Elena Maria Vidal, shares a stunning description of the misunderstood Queen of France by...a great Belgian nobleman.  As I ...

Here are a few examples of the paintings of the Belgian impressionist, Evariste Carpentier (1845-1922 ). As Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians...

An academic study by Alexis Schwarzenbach of imagery on Belgian postal stamps from 1914 to 1945.

In the aftermath of World War II, the famous Swedish diplomat and relative of the Swedish royal family, Count Folke Bernadotte, spent time...

Tomorrow, of course, will be Belgium's National Day, commemorating the swearing-in of the first King of the Belgians, Prince Leopold of ...

A hopeful and inspiring article  by Bryan Kemper on the second March for Life in Brussels, which took place this past spring. The official w...

Happy Independence Day to all my American visitors. As it happens, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium recently visited the Uni...

The Exiled Belgian Royalist has some reflections on The Beast of Berlin , a melodramatic American propaganda film produced during World War...

Given the pro-life stance of King Baudouin I, this story about his nephew, Prince Philippe, the current heir to the Belgian throne, is part...

On a hand-painted plate in the entry of the garden of the Abbaye de Notre Dame du Vivier, at Marche-les-Dames. Is it just a coincidence or ...