• Queen Fabiola of belgium dies aged 86
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[QUOTE]Born Fabiola de Mora y Aragon in Madrid, she was the widow of King Baudouin and reigned as queen consort from 1960 until his death in 1993. A royal statement said she died at the Stuyvenberg Castle in Brussels. The Spanish-born dowager queen was recently at the centre of a row over her annual allowance, after she was accused of avoiding a national inheritance tax. Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said all Belgians would mourn her passing. "A page in our country's history has turned," he told Belgium's RTL television. Following the sudden death of King Baudouin in 1993 on holiday in Spain, the throne passed to her brother-in-law Albert, who abdicated in 2013 in favour of his son Crown Prince Philippe.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30353761[/url] [url]http://www.euronews.com/newswires/2829200-belgiums-queen-fabiola-widow-of-king-baudouin-dies/[/url] [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/fabiola-belgian-queen-consort-dies-at-86/2014/12/05/01b3e09e-7cbe-11e4-84d4-7c896b90abdc_story.html[/url]
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Sorry for your loss.
Imagine all the different things she must of seen in her lifetime. Very sorry too for the loss, especially since she was around for quite some time.
If potentially two monarchies merged, like the King of England married the Queen of Belgium and they had a son, what would happen nowadays?
[QUOTE=ImperialGuard;46649676]If potentially two monarchies merged, like the King of England married the Queen of Belgium and they had a son, what would happen nowadays?[/QUOTE] Personal union and a war with byzantium
She was two years younger than the Queen... *gulps in fear*
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;46651085]She was two years younger than the Queen... *gulps in fear*[/QUOTE] God saves our Queen. The whole purpose of singing the anthem is to keep the Queen immortal.
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;46651170]God saves our Queen. The whole purpose of singing the anthem is to keep the Queen immortal.[/QUOTE] It clearly hasn't worked for... all the monarchs before her.
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;46651177]It clearly hasn't worked for... all the monarchs before her.[/QUOTE] The queen has absorbed their souls. God bless her.
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