The Cross of Laeken

I have become completely impatient with the endless attacks, one nastier than the next, on the Belgian royal family. Recently, yet another l...

This is one of the most revolting accusations I have ever seen.  Shame on the Italian and other journalists who have been carelessly repea...

An interesting critique of Sofia Coppola's film from  Tradition in Action.

  (Continued from Part I , Part II and Part III ) Today, I would like to conclude our series on the rampant over-sexualization of the Saxe...

(Continued from Part I and Part II ) Ever since Paul Reynaud's tragic, unjust indictment of the King, on May 28, 1940 , an endless seri...

We must not trust every word of others or feeling within ourselves, but cautiously and patiently try the matter, whether it be of God. Unha...

And kings in general... I'd rather not dwell on this silliness, but I find I must be strict for a bit. We're witnessing far too muc...

Here are some pages from The Cambridge history of Africa: from 1870 to 1905   giving a well-balanced account of an inflammatory subject: the...

The first cousin once removed of both King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie was the only child of Crown...

King Albert II and Queen Paola in Kinshasa, to mark 50 years of Congolese independence. 

Heroes?

Belgian Pearls, the blog of interior decorator Greet Lefèvre, is displaying some of the work of Belgian papier maché artist Delphine Boël. ...

"She was a ray of sunlight for us all; captivity and anxiety brought us very close together, and I have a perfect family life" (1)...