Happy Sunday :) A day for reminiscing and thinking about all that happened in the last week . Was there anything that happened in the world , or maybe in your own life that struck you , touched a cord or made you happy , sad etc ?
This past week on Friday , was the burial of a Queen . Maybe you heard about it , maybe not !!! But Queen Fabiola of Belgium passed away the friday before, and was laid to rest this last friday . Perhaps you have never heard of her but former Queen Fabiola of Belgium was a wonderful person and very loved by her countrymen . She ruled alongside her husband King Badouin for 33 years and was a caring genuine , fashionable monarch , who left a lasting impression on all of Belgium .
What struck me most , was how loved ,she was by everyone . Every Royal Family from around the world sent a representative from their family to pay their respects at the funeral . But our Royal Family sent no one . Apparently nobody was available and the British Ambassador to Belgium Alison Rose, represented our Country . Why could NO One from the Royal family attend ??? Surely Prince Andrew , Edward or one of the lesser Royals could have gone ? Our country has a tendency , to always behave a bit funnily, when someone dies !! For fun events ,someone is always available to attend . It fills me with sadness that death is somehow overlooked as gone and forgotten . Surely Not !!!
Queen Fabiola was a Spanish girl from an aristocratic family born in 1928, the sixth of seven children . After finishing school she trained as a military nurse and turned down many Spanish aristocratic suitors because she thought they were not "sufficiently serious " That all changed when the young Belgian Prince Badouin came looking for a wife . They were introduced by a mutual friend and fell madly in love , in 1960 they tied the knot and she wore on a beautiful fur trimmed gown by Balenciaga :) Despite some early problems with Badouin"s step mother Princess Lillien the couple proved very popular with the Belgian people .
Queen Fabiola was dedicated and a loyal subject in Belgium but she could not produce an heir . She and Badouin had a very loving marriage . She did fall pregnant , five times but each time with heartbreak she lost each child . Both King and Queen were very sad , but they dedicated themselves to their people and gave their love forward . When King Badouin passed away in July 1993 with no heir , the throne was passed to Albert , King Badouin 's younger brother . Queen Fabiola retreated from society so as not to overshadow Albert's wife , the new Queen Paola . Fabiola remained well loved and was particularly close to her nephew Phillipe who is now the new King of Belgium .
As I looked at the photos of the funeral ,I couldn't help but notice how Prince Gabriel , King Phillipe"s young son cried as the coffin passed . Queen Mathilde rubbed tears from her own eyes as she comforted her son . Queen Fabiola was loved . Although she herself had no children she was not short of passing on her love to the others in her family . My own brother and wife remain childless , but they do not acknowledge my children and refuse to be a part of my life !! Some people could learn from others , as high profile as she was , humbleness was not forgotten and God remembers those . I wonder how many would cry for my brother or his wife at their funeral ???
Humbleness and kindness are everlasting , these gifts born in our soul are never forgotten, I want to thank a very dear friend Richard who helped me when it was needed and my brother refused . God never forgets kindness . Help when you can . Stay blessed always . Love from my home to yours .... Merry Christmas xxx
#peace & love
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