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Saturday, April 30, 2011

"Au revoir, ma bien-aimée, dans un monde meilleur, et alors pour l'éternité"

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Below is a translation of  a poignant letter  by Dieudonné Lambrecht, a great hero of the Belgian resistance during World War I, who was exe...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Night and Day

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Princesses Marie-Christine and Marie-Esmeralda, the daughters of King Leopold III and Princess Lilian, as little girls and as young women.

Festivities at Possenhoven...and at Westminster

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In honor of today's royal wedding , here is a delightful account of the betrothal ceremonies of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of th...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter!

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May I wish a blessed Easter to all my family, friends and visitors!
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth in America

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Dear Madam Queen: I am a little American girl. I go to a school on a mountain covered with pines. I heard that you were going to Washingto...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Last King of Italy

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For readers who know Italian, here is a fascinating website  on King Umberto II (1904-1983), the husband of Princess Marie-José of Belgium (...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Maria Pia's Wedding

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A charming clip of the wedding of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and  Princess Maria Pia of Savoy , eldest child of King Umberto II and Que...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Marie-Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

The Funeral of Umberto II

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A brief but moving clip of the ceremony at the Abbey of Hautecombe on March 24, 1983, with several shots of a grief-stricken Queen Maria Jo...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

April 8, 1875: The Birth of Albert I

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A few photographs in memory of my favorite King of the Belgians.
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