The Cross of Laeken

May God bless everyone in this holy season.

Little Alexandre with his big sister, Josephine-Charlotte Prince Alexandre Emmanuel of Belgium, son of King Leopold III and Princess Lilia...

On November 28, 1916, Miss Mary Lilian Baels was born in London. She was one of the eight children of Hendrik Baels, an affluent and ambiti...

The birthday of Lilian Baels , second wife of King Leopold III, is coming up in a few days...Here is an interesting tribute to this beaut...

Here is a beautiful poem in honor of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians. Petite Reine Par delà le champ de bataille, Derrière la zone de ...

"Sire, you shall return to your capital...." Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren had written to King Albert I during the dark days of W...

At the Queen Astrid thread of the Alexander Palace Forums , I found some pictures of her clothes and accessories. As most photographs dating...

On November 19, 1940 Leopold III, then a German prisoner of war, met with Hitler at Berchtesgaden. The Belgian monarch had reluctantly agree...

Above, we see a photograph of Queen Astrid visiting a poor family in Kortrijk. Like her husband, King Leopold III, Astrid was deeply concern...

She was an ancestor of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium.  Elizabeth had always shown a strong inclination toward piety as well as a great love o...