The Cross of Laeken

The bridal gown of the first wife of the future King Leopold I of the Belgians.

A serene and gracious Princess Mathilde at a therapeutic educational center for neurologically handicapped youth, in Etterbeek.

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

Here is a contemporary account.  It is somewhat idealized, but I like the focus on Astrid's  joie de vivre. From her earliest childhood ...

Perhaps not the best likeness of the Queen, but a bright and cheery design.

August 29, the feast of the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, is the anniversary of the tragic death of Belgium's most beloved queen, t...

An academic study by Alexis Schwarzenbach of imagery on Belgian postal stamps from 1914 to 1945.

In his memoirs, Dix-huit ans auprès du Roi Léopold, Count Robert Capelle, former secretary of King Leopold III of the Belgians, quotes a ...

In the aftermath of World War II, the famous Swedish diplomat and relative of the Swedish royal family, Count Folke Bernadotte, spent time...

At Lady Reading , there is a discussion, in Italian, of Marie-Amélie of Naples, Queen of the French, with rare miniatures, sculptures, drawi...