The Cross of Laeken

I just discovered a touching blog dedicated to King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola.   It is written by a kind reader and supporter of this blog...

Since I have featured excerpts from Mary Roberts Rinehart's wartime conversations with Albert and Elisabeth of Belgium, it may be in...

In her book, Kings, Queens, and Pawns , available on Project Gutenberg, American writer and reporter Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) g...

In another chapter of Kings, Queens, and Pawns, Mary Roberts Rinehart brings Queen Elisabeth of Belgium to life. This is how she describe...

Today is the 21st anniversary of a sad event, the death of King Baudouin of the Belgians.  Baudouin suffered a heart attack while on vacat...

Here is a description of the Belgian population's defiant celebration of their national holiday, commemorating the accession of Leo...

I did not know that the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette wrote poetry during her captivity. Here are some simple but poignant exc...

A floral portrait of Sisi. (Via History's Untold Treasures ).

I am happy to announce the news of the wedding of Prince Amedeo of Belgium and Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein.  The bride ...

Here is an appeal for peace launched by King Leopold III of the Belgians on August 23, 1939, along with the responses of other world leader...