Queen Astrid
Queen of Hearts
In her Panorama interview with Martin Bashir in November 1995, Diana Princess of Wales famously said that although she would never become Queen, she wanted to be queen in people’s hearts. She was already immensely popular with the public in Britain and worldwide, and there was no doubt that she was already queen in many people’s hearts, a state of affairs that continued after her death in 1997.
Review – “Vännen Min” by Anna Sparre
Today is the 105th birthday of Queen Astrid of Belgium. In honour of this day, I have written a book review about one of the biographies written about her: Vännen Min (My Friend) by Anna Sparre. In this touching and warm biography and autobiography, Anna Sparre talks of her friendship with Queen Astrid, the fourth Queen of the Belgians.
Queen Astrid – 75th Anniversary of her Death
Today, 29 August 2010, King Albert II of Belgium will not be found anywhere near Laeken, ready to pour oil on the turbulent political sea, all day long. The 76-year old King is in Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland, to visit the place where his beloved mother, Queen Astrid, died in a car accident, 75 years ago. Like King Albert in Küssnacht, we, at the Royal Universe, want to take a moment to commemorate the life and death of this beautiful Snow Princess.