But he says there have been "painful episodes" in their history, including during the reign of King Leopold II - who he does not directly name - and in the 20th Century. Belgians have taken down ...

United Pressman Ralph Heinzen, chief of the Paris Bureau, staked his reputation last week on a dispatch opening with this flat statement, “Leopold III, tragic young King of the Belgians ...

Henri Baels entertained lavishly, sent his family to the swank seaside resort Le Zoute, on the Belgian-Dutch border. Leopold, now King and widowed, often went down to Le Zoute to golf. When he was ...

The king’s severed head is a nod to ... power symbol but also one of most chilling aspects of Leopold’s vicious plunder of the Congo. Belgian colonialists infamously cut off the hands of ...

Leopold II's days on Belgian streets could now be numbered. On Monday the University of Mons removed a bust of the late king, following the circulation of a student-led petition saying it ...

Prince Albert and his Uncle Leopold having a talk following Ersnt I's funeral. It really wasn't a great episode for Albert this week. Not even five minutes following the birth of his first son ...

given the Belgian church’s wretched legacy of clergy sexual abuse. Baudouin became king after the abdication of his father, King Leopold. He abdicated for a day in 1990 rather than give his ...