King Albert will abdicate on 21st July.
With the Belgian Abdication just announced (and happening in just a
few weeks’ time), we thought we’d give you 10 of the most
need-to-know facts about the Belgian Monarchy. The Belgian Kings
and Queens are known as ‘King/Queen of the Belgians’ rather than
King/Queen of Belgium – this title convention is mean to show that
the Monarch of Belgium has…
The second instalment in this series of
blogs focuses on the third Monarch of the House of Stuart, King
Charles II. Charles was born on 29th May 1630 at St James’s Palace
to the reigning King Charles I and his consort Henrietta Maria (who
was in fact the sister of French…
