tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post7453419905557864314..comments2024-03-11T23:34:51.221+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Ci-Devant: The Legend of Queen AstridGareth Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-19212793546884082722011-01-21T20:12:40.931+00:002011-01-21T20:12:40.931+00:00Hels, I'd have to respectfully disagree that L...Hels, I'd have to respectfully disagree that Leopold was in the wrong for surrendering. He only did so in desperate circumstances. Here is an account by Admiral Roger Keyes, the British liaison officer who defended the king from the charges of treason and cowardice:<br /><br />http://crossoflaeken.blogspot.com/2009/01/admiral-keyes-on-belgian-capitulation.html<br /><br /><br />I can also Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-61229849888793541102011-01-19T23:54:29.980+00:002011-01-19T23:54:29.980+00:00In early 1940 Leopold III surrendered to Germans a...In early 1940 Leopold III surrendered to Germans and I am vaguely familiar with the political bunfight that the king's decision unleashed. Although Belgium was on a hiding to nothing, I can imagine that Parliament was furious at the king.<br /><br />At the end of 1941, the king married for a second time and this time the citizens were not happy. But isn't it possible that their Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-55842088312988957922011-01-19T16:23:06.416+00:002011-01-19T16:23:06.416+00:00Thank you very much for this. I hope that, in time...Thank you very much for this. I hope that, in time, people will take a more balanced view of Princess Lilian. She is not the first royal lady, who lived in troubled times, to have been hysterically maligned, apparently beyond all reality. In contrast to other cases, though, passions have not had enough time to cool. <br /><br />Nonetheless, for those who read French, a very interesting, touching Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com