The Cross of Laeken

A lovely, detailed post about Belgium's first crown prince.  After his death, his mother, the devout Queen Louise-Marie, wrote to her fa...

Two of my favorite Belgian royal ladies, Queen Elisabeth and her daughter-in-law, Princess Lilian, had much in common. Both were vivacious, ...

I am researching Delly Poelmans, modiste to Queens Elisabeth and Astrid. If anyone has any information or pictures, please let me know. The ...

A beautiful account of the life of a man who seemed to be one of those monarchs who are born to be unlucky.

Here is an account of a delegation of fervently royalist Belgian soldiers visiting King Leopold III in St. Wolfgang, Austria, shortly after ...

Grand Ladies has some rare and interesting images of the first two Queens of the Belgians , Louise-Marie of France and Marie-Henriette of A...

Widowed Queen Elisabeth with her grandchildren Joséphine-Charlotte, Baudouin and Albert (Continued from Parts I , II , and III ) "I ...

Our dear friend, Elena Maria Vidal, shares a stunning description of the misunderstood Queen of France by...a great Belgian nobleman.  As I ...

The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has several pairs of Princess Lilian's shoes in its collection. Princess Lilian was kn...