The Cross of Laeken

I found an apparently automatically generated Youtube channel consisting of videos I have posted on this blog over the years. I saw the chan...

I am sorry to say I will have to a break from Cross of Laeken for the next month or so. I am just very tired and I have a number of other o...

I seem to be having trouble commenting on certain blogs which have comment boxes embedded below posts. Is anyone else experiencing similar p...

Please visit my new v-log, Pro-Life Testimonials . As I already mentioned, I will no longer be updating The Sword & the Sea.   I am, h...

A kind reader, "ThereseMarie27", has just started  a blog dedicated to the love story of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Prince...

Heartfelt thanks to all my readers in 2009 and 2010. To all my family, friends and visitors, best wishes and many blessings in 2011~

Some may have noticed that I have removed from the sidebar the lists of links to posts on the different Belgian kings and queens. I have mov...

Astrid was not granted a long life; she was too good for this base world. But all her life, as wife, mother, and queen, and especially as sh...

I was very touched to discover that Marilyn Braun of Marilyn's Royal Blog , The Royal Chronicles , and the Kate Middleton Report , feat...

The comment feature on this blog seems to be behaving erratically- someone's comment unfortunately disappeared altogether when I tried t...

I regret that I have not been able to post much in the past week, I've been having some technical problems and a number of personal obli...

Since yesterday, this site has suddenly been getting alot of hits (apparently from different locations in the USA) with search terms like ...

I keep trying to write the post on the account of Marie-Amélie of Naples, Queen of the French from 1830-1848, by her great-granddaughter, Pr...

The Cross of Laeken is a year old today. Many thanks to all visitors since January 2, 2009 ! I am deeply touched and honored by your interes...

I will not be posting much for the next week or so. Just feeling too tired... I need some time to rest and reflect.

I wanted to ask if anyone has suggestions for this blog. There are a number of important Belgian royal anniversaries approaching- this month...

Lately I have been experiencing problems off and on with my internet connection. I hope this issue will be resolved soon, but, in case I hav...