The Cross of Laeken

Marie d'Orléans was the beautiful, accomplished and beloved younger sister of Queen Louise of the Belgians . Born at Palermo in 1813, s...

A few weeks ago, I provided some links to earlier posts on the tragic events of May, 1940, which spelled disaster for Belgium and King Leop...

In  The Life of Maximilian I, late emperor of Mexico (1868) , Frederic Hall provides a touching account of the youth and education of the u...

A while back, I linked to a short biography, by the Mad Monarchist , of Empress Carlota of Mexico, only daughter of King Leopold I and Que...

Today the Church celebrates the Feast of Pentecost, commemorating the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Res...

I knew the story all too well, of course, but still loved reading this very moving and beautifully written account of the tragic deaths of ...

A tribute to the six women who have served as Belgium's queen consorts: Louise-Marie of Orléans (1812-1850) Marie-Henriette of Austria...

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

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

In a stirring article, quite poetic in itself, on the sorrows of Leopold III, Michael Geelan, to describe Queen Astrid, cites the opening l...