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PAGE THREE
Queen of the Belgians
A BEAUTIFUL QUEEN, A BELOVED WIFE AND A LOVING MOTHER, ASTRID OF BELGIUM IS SHOWN AT. LEFT IN A CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAIT. BELOW, POSING IN THEIR NURSERY AT STUYVENBERG, ARE THE PRINCESS JOSEPHINE-CHARLOTTE AND THE LITTLE CROWN PRINCE BAUDOIN,
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Once upon a time. The story of Astrid, Queen of the Belgluns, begins that way. Just like a fairy. tale.
But this princess was not brought up in a palace. She lived in a. medium-sized house, in a place enlled Djurgarden, near Stock holm, surrounded by the loving, and care of a beloved father
mother. She learned all the things that little girls-oven princesses are, supposed to learn. Also, since she was Swedish, sho learned very young to sk! and toboggan. And when it came time for her to go to a university, she chose to follow courses in housewifery and concen- trated on chik welfare, little dreaming that before she reached the age of 30, nho would be the wife of a reigning King-and the mother of his three children.
BEGINNING OF ROMANCE. One day, when Princess Astrid had just reached her twentieth birthday, her uncle, the King of Sweden, told her he had invited a charming young man, Count de Rothy, to come and spend some time at the palace. Astrid pouted and wondered who this stranger was, and what he would be like.
Actually the young Count de Rethy was even more secretive than Astrid's uncle in handling this courtship. If the King of Sweden
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disguised the fact that the Count was actually heir-apparent to the throne of Belgium, the young man was even less anxious to attract
attention. So he travelled in third- clasa railway carriages the long distance from Brussels to Stock- holm-and carried his own baggage. It was a great ernotional experi- enos for both of them. The under standing they had of one another was evident from the start. So was the ardent devotion of the young "Count"
WON HEARTS OF BELGAINS. Royal love matches are sufficient ly rare to attract the sympathy of people the world over. From the moment Astrid set foot upon Belgian soil, she found her way into the hearts of her husband's people. The regal newly-weds im- mediately went to live in an eight- roomed house in the vast grounds of Laecken castle. A year after their marringo, a daughter, Prin- cess Josephine Charlotte, was born, and five years later, a son, Prince Baudoin, now Crown Prince. And the birth of their second Albert, just the other day,
greeted just as happily by Belgian people as by the parents.
the fond
Now that the untimely death of her royal father-in-law, Albert, has made her a queen, Astrid's simple upbringing still is reflected in her whole mode of life. Belgians still recount with pride how, when she was Crown Princess, she would watch parades, not from a privileged placo, but as she mingled with the crowd. Later, when little Princess Josephine Charlotte was born, she would often be seen wheeling the perambulator, the nurso walking alongside, just as simply as any adoring middle-class mother. She would always respond to passer-by's bow with a smile, and man or woman would go on their way glowing at the graciousness of their Princess.
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The nurseries occupy the most favoured position In the house, flooded with air and light, the Queen being an authority on pue- riculture. She supervises her ba- bics' meals, their general hygiene, their daily routine very closely. She herself buys their clothes, all the time she can spare, she spends with them. Her boudoir, on the first floor, overlooks the extensive lawn where the children play.
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The Queen often goes into the kitchen to make some special deli- There is no complicated fable service, no importunate foot- men hovering In the background. Each course simply is brought in and set down. The Queen makes a point of seeing that everyone is well served.
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The Queen is an excellent swim- mer and tennis player. She has n driving license, but does not ride or play golf. She is very feminino and loves pretty clothes, but is not extravagant. She divides her fu yours impartially among the trade- men of the city, patronizing the department store just as well as the exclusivo conturier. She pre- fers tailored clothes-the type that well-dressed Englishwomen wear. to anything fussy_or elaborato. The Queen of the Belgians is not a rich woman and therefore prices are serious matter. Sho invari- ably inquires how much the thing costs. If she thinks it too expon- sive, she just forgets about it.
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PATRONIZES HAIRDRESSER. to cut her flowers for the table and Instead of calling her Colffour the rooms. She does this herself, out to Stuyvenberg, she democra- arranging them in her flower-room,tically and simply goes to his hair. on tho Avenuo BUYS OWN CLOTHES.
not by the lady-in dressing salon assisted or Life at Stuyvenberg-the name waiting on duty that week. As Louiso and does not expect any of the house to which Leopold Crown Princess, she had two ladies- more attention than the average
good ellent. Queen Astrid uses lit brought his young bride, and where in-waiting attached to her person,
the the make-up. Her clear complexion they have elected to go on living- neither of whom lived on
na the houBO WAB not makes it unnecessary. She wears la reduced to its simplest axprce-premises,
her thick, brown hair parted in sion. The furnishings are by no large enough to hold them. Her
Swedish girl. the centre and gently waved. was means lavish, merely comfortable. personal maid is a
son,
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