The Cross of Laeken

I found an apparently automatically generated Youtube channel consisting of videos I have posted on this blog over the years. I saw the chan...

A war postcard showing Albert and Elisabeth, the Soldier-King and the Nurse-Queen, as protectors of their land and people.

Again, I have to apologize for a long absence. This was not due to lack of interest in the Belgian royal family, but I have been very busy w...

A few historic pieces.

It is said that Belgian-born Empress Carlota introduced what would become a popular Carnival custom to Mexico.  In Europe, the eggshell...

Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of the exiled King Umberto II of Italy, the husband of Marie-José, the beautiful, intellige...

Since yesterday, this blog has been absolutely inundated with hits searching for information about Princess Lilian of Sweden , who passed aw...

I have noticed that there was quite a tradition of depicting Queen Astrid after her death as a spirit watching over her family. Above is ...

I posted the Belgian national anthem,  the Brabançonne,  a long time ago, and here is another famous Belgian patriotic song, about facing ...