King Albert kept silent on his impending abdication for months
19th December 2016
King Albert of the Belgians kept silent on his plans to abdicate for several months at the request of Elio Di Rupo, the prime minister at the time. Di Rupo expressed fears of destabilising the country by N-VA (New Flemish Alliance), a political party. Elio Di Rupo explained this in Belgian TV-programme Royalty Sunday night.
King Albert announced on 3 July 2013 that he would be abdicating the…