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 ...

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 ...

As Leopold's brother had no children, she would have feared for the future of the Belgian royal family. The historian quotes a letter written by the Dutch queen to Britain's King George VI ...

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 ...

Getty Images King Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 ... because the country has been going badly since the Belgians left," one person said. While another was less enthusiastic: "The ...