OTD 29 August 1935 Death of Queen Astrid of Belgium

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On 29 August 1935, King Leopold III of Belgium and his wife Queen Astrid
(born Princess Astrid of Sweden on 17 November 1905) wanted to do a last hike
in the Mountains near Küssnacht, Switzerland.



However King Leopold III of Belgium wanted to drive the car himself, so the
chauffeur was sitting in the back of the Packard one-Twenty convertible.

So the King was driving and the Queen was looking at the map and she pointed
out something to her husband and the car went off the road, down a deep slope,
and slammed into a pear of trees.

Queen Astrid had opened the door of the car but she was thrown out upon
impact. Her body clashed with the tree while the car slipped to the second tree.
She died immediately on the site of the crash.

King Leopold was thrown out of the car as well, but he was only lightly
injured. The car went on, only to stop into the lake.


This drama happened on 29 August 1935 at 9:30 am.





The mourning

 Queen Astrid of Belgium was deeply mourned by her husband, King
Leopold. However King Leopold III later remarried to Lilian Baels.

Belgium was in shock. From her arrival, Queen Astrid really
was popular. Her popularity was never surpassed by the other Belgian
Queens.

Not only in Belgium, Queen Astrid was mourned. In her native country,
Sweden, people also were deeply touched by her death.

Books

 For the Dutch followers of this blog, the books in the post look very
familiar. These really are famous.

1/ Astrid, Queen of the hearts written by Astrid Bammens

2/ Queen Astrid, a friendship written by Anna Sparre


Comments

Vallypee said…
What a very sad story, Kathleen, she was so young too. She reminds me a bit of Princess Diana.
November 17, 2022 at 11:12 PM
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