All About Royal Families

During many visits in the most splendid palaces, it always strikes me that noble people and royalty always spent much of attention to their library. It really is a pleasure to walk in such beautiful places full of history. It must be clear that a lot of Kings and Queens love to read. In Belgium we know that King Philippe of the Belgians is an avid reader and in March 2020 (just as on many more occasions,) Queen Mathilde of the Belgians encouraged young people to start reading. King Philippe of the Belgians inherited his passion for reading books by his ancestors. Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium, born as Princess Louise d'Orléans liked to read too. Her favourites were works from Lord Byron, Shakespeare, Balzac and Victor Hugo. One other Belgian royal who liked to read was Elisabeth in Bavaria (1876-1965). She married to King Albert I of Belgium (then Crown Prince) in 1900. She was Queen Consort of Belgium from 1909 till 1934. In 2015, her favourite books wer

The Belgian royal family counts many interesting and extraordinary women which were often forgotten in history. One of them is Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born on 17 November 1845 as the daughter of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Josephine of Baden. She was thus the granddaughter of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Marie Antoinette Murat (a niece of Joachim Murat, King of Naples). She also was the granddaughter of Charles Grand Duke of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais (a niece of Napoleon Bonaparte). Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was thus the sister of inter alia: Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (who was the father of King Ferdinand I of Romania). Princess Stéphanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who married to King Pedro V of Portugal. Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who became King of Romania. Love and Marriage As every roy

On 25 March 1975, a terrible thing happened in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Then King Faisal was shot by his half-brother's son: Faisal bin Musaid. On that day, in the waiting room, Prince Faisal talked to Kuwaiti representatives, who also were waiting to meet King Faisal. King Faisal - President Nixon and First Lady Nixon King Faisal was the ruler of Saudi Arabia from 2 November 1964.  From 1953 he was appointed Crown Prince.  When the Prince went to embrace his uncle, King Faisal leaned to kiss his nephew in accordance with Saudi custom. At that instant Prince Faisal took out a gun and shot him. The first shot hit the King's chin and the second one went through his ear. A bodyguard hit Prince Faisal with a sword. King Faisal was quickly taken to the hospital, he was still alive. However he died shortly afterwards. After the assassination, Riyadh had three days of mourning during which all government activities were suspended. King Faisal

Yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices and disciplines which originated in ancient India, however there is no consensus over its origin. Yoga also has a very nice and long history. There were speculations about yoga between 500 and 200 BC. In the 4th century BC, Alexander the Great reached India. Along with his army he took Greek academics with him. These academics wrote their memoirs about the people and their habits they saw in India. In the mid of the 19th. century Yoga and other Indian philosophies came into the attention of Western Europe Queen Elisabeth of Belgium always had an admiration for oriental culture. Violinist Yehudi Menuhin introduced B.K.S Iyengar to her. He was a yoga specialist. Queen Elisabeth believed that by practising yoga on a regularly base, she could reach a unity and perfection of body and mind. She practiced yoga until a high age and she often made a headstand. It is known that some of the current royals