Winning a medal at the Olympic Games can be a highly emotional experience. When standing at the podium and listening to their national anthem blaring in the background, some struggle…
The Belgian Royal Family celebrated National Day 2024 with a series of events on July 20th and 21st. The day commemorates July 21st, 1831 on which Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha…
by Susan Flantzer© Unofficial Royalty 2024 The swearing-in of Leopold I, King of the Belgians by Gustave Wappers (1831); Credit – Wikipedia In August 1830, the southern provinces (modern-day Belgium)…