OTD: 8 September 1831: VIP diner @ the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium

On 8 September 1831, there was a very important diner at the Royal
Palace in Brussels, Belgium.

The Book with the diners' guest list of the royal palace in Brussels, Belgium

That day, King Leopold I of Belgium held his opening speech
before the first meeting of the brand new Belgian Parliament. This
was just elected on 29 August 1831.

1831 really had lots of major changes for the recent founded country.
That year, on 3 June 1831, King Leopold I of Belgium (who was the
widower of Princess Charlotte of Wales) was chosen as
King of the Belgians by the National Congress.

King Leopold I of Belgium
own picture

The 2018 summer exhibition of the royal palace in Brussels
displays this remarkable document. On the first picture you can see
that the table arrangement was written in French. At that time this was
the most spoken language at the royal courts in Europe.

Diner at the royal palace in Brussels,
Belgium own picture 

Lally Brown asked me on Twitter about the menu of this special event.
Well, unfortunately there was nothing mentioned. However I can imagine
that there was a lot of food on the table since in the 1830's in Belgium, dinners
were served in the French way (= a kind of buffet).

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