tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post8772388897478325550..comments2024-03-05T04:34:27.981-08:00Comments on The Exiled Belgian Royalist: The Belgian KingsBelgieRoyalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180963411526753224noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-70946223551509004482010-11-03T13:08:24.200-07:002010-11-03T13:08:24.200-07:00I have noticed that myself but I have not seen the...I have noticed that myself but I have not seen the cases you mention. Do people think the British Royal Family totally changed when they put their name to Windsor? Leopold I was most certainly not throne-hungry. He refused the Greek throne because he did not think he could do them any good and that the situation would not be a success. He accepted the Belgian throne only on conditions and he would have given it up if that was what the people wished. It is especially rich to come from the British, to say the Belgians were over-ambition or collecting thrones when they were ruling most of the world and always looking to keep expanding.BelgieRoyalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180963411526753224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-89534375502368197062010-10-28T19:01:34.762-07:002010-10-28T19:01:34.762-07:00I've noticed there is quite a black view of th...I've noticed there is quite a black view of the "Coburgs" surfacing in certain British circles. For instance, there was a recent British book, the "Coburg Conspiracy," which, according to the reviews, portrays Leopold I and his Saxe-Coburg relatives as very opportunistic, cold and scheming in their efforts to accumulate as many European thrones as possible. <br /><br />Likewise, the recent film, "The Young Victoria," I thought, painted Leopold I in a very harsh, even crude light; at one point, frustrated at the difficulties he is encountering in trying to get Albert married to Victoria, he shouts at an advisor: "Get him into her bed!" which I am sure the real Leopold was far too diplomatic and suave to say. <br /><br />Doubtless, the Saxe-Coburgs were an ambitious and somewhat hard family, but the whole way these portrayals are slanted seems a bit too negative. I rather suspect it is a way of undermining, first of all, the image of the British royal family (via the connection with Victoria and Albert) but also that of the Belgian royal family (not a new phenomenon in British circles).Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-70030923823266873942010-10-22T19:23:18.609-07:002010-10-22T19:23:18.609-07:00The Belgian Monarchy has been long been apart of E...The Belgian Monarchy has been long been apart of European Royalty. We are happy to see you online, we wish you the best.<br /> <br />www.hohenzollernfamily.blogspot.com or<br />www.houseofhohenzollern.comKing Fernidad Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372073733219150968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-52817916775326360832010-10-22T16:25:36.656-07:002010-10-22T16:25:36.656-07:00I was writing down without looking anything up (I ...I was writing down without looking anything up (I did check for dates though) so I probably just had a word association moment there. I made a minor edit, I am sure you are correct.BelgieRoyalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180963411526753224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-29754744704327635852010-10-22T15:06:40.332-07:002010-10-22T15:06:40.332-07:00Nice summaries of the reigns. Just one little thin...Nice summaries of the reigns. Just one little thing though, didn't Albert I die in the Ardennes, rather than the Alps?Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com