On July 17, 1951, King Leopold III of Belgium announced his abdication and his eldest son, Baudouin I, ascended the throne as the fifth king of Belgium.
Theoretically, the abdicated III at this time should have taken his princess Les to move away from the castle of Laken, where only the current king could live, but princess Les could not leave.
She was very unfriendly to her stepson, who was acting as her elder. Later, the king got married, and princess Les, who was forced to do nothing, had to move away. But when she left, she took the valuable furniture from the castle with her!
When the stepmother can do this job, Princess Rice is also no one. But there are three people behind the family, and the king who is the son can't do anything with her. So, why is this demon woman so pampered? Obviously, she is the wife of the king, so why is she called a princess?
In 1935, the third, who had just ascended the throne for a year, took his wife, Queen Astrid, on a vacation to Switzerland.
During the journey, they were in a car accident, and the third driver, although injured, eventually saved his life; while Queen Astrid died on the spot, while she was still pregnant with their fourth child.
This year, Queen Astrid is about to celebrate her 30th birthday. The death of the queen brought a lot of pressure to the third king.
The Queen Astrid was born in Sweden in 1905 to the son of Prince Karl of Sweden and to the mother of Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. As the younger daughter of the family, Astrid was pampered as a child.
In the era when his parents were in charge of the concubines, Astrid was stunned to let his parents hold a banquet, and then he chose a ruyi from the banquet. When he got married, Astrid also took with him a large amount of gold and silver jewelry.
Since the Crown Princess, Astrid has been popular in Belgium. She was born well, well-cultivated, cared about the people and did not put up a shelf, and was willing to spend money to do public welfare for people.
Therefore, when the news of Queen Astrid's car accident reached Belgium, the people despised the third generation's inability to protect his wife.
Originally, his wife's death was very sad, coupled with the people's accusations, which made the third even more depressed. However, after the depression, the days still have to pass. Moreover, as a king, there is no shortage of confidants with red faces around the third king.
A few years later, World War II broke out and Germany invaded Belgium with troops. Just as the people took up arms and prepared to fight the enemy, III took the lead in surrendering. At this time, it was only 18 days before the German invasion.
Although III's explanation was that he did not want to increase casualties, this spineless act of surrender still made III's already bad reputation fall to the bottom.
In addition, the government did not approve of THE III's approach, so he was placed under house arrest. The king was under house arrest, and the old lady was very uneasy. In order to make her son feel more comfortable, the old lady sent a few intimate service people to her son.
In the middle of this, there is a girl named Lillian. Lilian Ancestor was a fish seller, entrusted with the blessing of fighting, and some people actually made a fortune from military merit. By the time of her father's generation, she had become Belgium's minister of agriculture.
Of course, her father was an ambitious man, and the daughters of the family were all trained to excel, horseback riding and skiing, all the noble maidens learned, Lillian and her sisters also learned.
So, when the old lady picked someone, Lillian's father hugged his daughter. This Lillian herself was also a quarrel, and during the time when the third was imprisoned, Lillian took a lot of effort to take him down.
After the third emperor regained his freedom, he quarreled with the old lady to marry the stepmother. If this were normal, it would have been okay, but now that the country is in trouble, the king has taken the opportunity to marry a bride, and the reputation is not good!
There was no way, the third had to temporarily rest this thought. At that time, although Lillian and III were not married, their way of getting along was not much different from that of ordinary couples.
For The Third, Lillian is gentle and considerate, taking herself as the sky and thinking of herself as the only hero in her heart. This is completely different from the dignified wife who came from the nobility before.
Moreover, Lillian accompanied herself through the most difficult time, and has already become her most important woman.
Therefore, the third generation is not in a hurry to get married. After all, fame doesn't seem that important to men either. But, who knows over there, Lillian's stomach can't wait.
Lillian, who is already pregnant, does not want her child to become an illegitimate child. So, the third gritted his teeth and opened up to the royal family, ready to marry Lillian. At this point, the third generation can be regarded as poking the honeycomb.
First, Lillian was a commoner, which did not meet the criteria for the Belgian king to marry a wife before; second, after the war situation was not good, Lillian's father fled. How can such a woman be worthy of the dignity of a queen?
There was no way, in the end, the old lady was distressed about her son, and personally came forward to negotiate peace with the royal family, saying that Lillian would always be a princess and could not be a queen, and the third life had the opportunity to marry Lillian.
Although Lillian married the king as she wished, she could only be a princess of Rice for the rest of her life.
What made Lillian even more angry was that from time to time some people compared herself to the king's original match, saying that she was born well, had a good family, was a good queen for the country and the people, and gave birth to a good son to the king.
Such a lucidity, how could Princess Rice swallow the evil breath in her heart? Even the title princess Les is more of a humiliation, laughing at herself for never being a queen.
As a result, Princess Rice attacked the original children and inheritance.
In her daily life, Princess Rice took pleasure in humiliating her original daughter and two sons, laughing at the princess for not dressing up properly and saying that the two princes were not sedate enough.
Moreover, she would also give eye drops to the eldest son from time to time in front of the third generation, who let the original eldest son be the crown prince and rob her son of his position. Later, the relationship between the stepdaughter and the stepson and Princess Rice was not good. After her stepdaughter got married, she rarely had contact with her.
This side is bullying the original child, and the other side is still enjoying the original dowry.
As mentioned earlier, The original queen of the third dynasty, Queen Astrid, was born into the Swedish royal family and had many rare jewels on her hands. Now that the children are still young, the right to dispose of these jewels naturally falls into the hands of Princess Rice.
For those jewels that can be seen, Princess Rice keeps them for herself. In order not to let people gossip, Princess Rice demolished a lot of jewelry.
For example, a crown can be divided into stud earrings or necklaces; sometimes, it can also be worn as a brooch.
And for those she did not like very much, Princess Rice would entrust her sister and brother-in-law to sell them. Princess Rice's sister married into the Cartier family, so it was convenient to resell jewelry.
In the years after the marriage, Princess Rice sold out her original dowry. Some of them were still the original daughters who grew up and found someone to return to them; the valuable crowns and jewels in the royal family were also sold by her. As a result, when the later queen ascended to the throne, there was only one crown to wear.
But for these actions of Princess Rice, the third did not interfere. He felt guilty about not being able to make his beloved woman queen, so he let Princess Rice go crazy.
Moreover, he will also take the initiative to hand over the jewelry of the Belgian royal family to his wife and let her dispose of it with full authority. It can be said that although Princess Rice had a bad reputation and was scolded for half a lifetime, her husband III was really good to her.
In the face of infamy and scorn, he also wanted to marry her, and after marriage, she was allowed to dispose of her own children and the original dowry; even if she later removed the valuable furniture from the castles of the kings, the third had no complaints.
Before his death, the three tried to hold Princess Les in the palm of their hands. I have to say that this Princess Les has lived a good life.