The Cross of Laeken

The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia Here are some articles on the life of Isabel Clara Eugenia, the daughter of Philip II of Spain who became t...

I think she has a lovely face. Anna Maria de Visscher was the scion of respectable bourgeoisie, the daughter of a mayor and the granddaug...

I did not know that the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette wrote poetry during her captivity. Here are some simple but poignant exc...

A floral portrait of Sisi. (Via History's Untold Treasures ).

I am happy to announce the news of the wedding of Prince Amedeo of Belgium and Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein.  The bride ...

A portrait of Duchess Helene in Bavaria, one of the aunts of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians.  Helene, affectionately known as Néné, was t...

I had never heard until a few days ago on Elena Maria Vidal's blog that Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Angoulême, the daughte...

Yesterday was a sorrowful centennial, marking a hundred years since the murder of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Fra...

I am delighted that the wonderful website of the Cercle Léopold III is once more online.  For a long time, it seemed to have disappeared f...

Two pictures taken by the royal photographer Robert Marchand capture some moments of family tenderness.  Above, we see Queen Astrid with ...

Here is an article by Maia Brindley Nilsson of Semiswede on a beloved Swedish recipe known as the Green Cake or Princess Cake.  Apparen...

This is not a picture of any of the Belgian royals, but rather of two of the greatest princesses whom they count among their relatives.  ...

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...

Here is an article about Princess Mathilde, who will become Belgium's seventh queen consort on July 21, and her eldest daughter, Princ...

Here are some old pictures of the childhood summer residence of Queen Astrid's family, in Stockholm.  The little princess' parents...

This appears to be an issue of a Swedish magazine dedicated to Queen Astrid from 1936. It seems to feature a testimony from Astrid's ...

The Mad Monarchist has some reflections on the similarities and differences between the abdications of Albert II and his father, Leopold I...

Here is a brief clip of Prince Philippe paying tribute to his father, King Albert II, on the day after the monarch's announcement of ...

Royalement has a touching testimony from Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, who was close to her Belgian uncle and aunt, King Leopold I...

Well, it's official this time. Today, King Albert II of the Belgians announced his abdication, effective July 21, 2013, in favor of his ...