Albert II Takes the Oath As King of the Belgians The Washington Post (8/10/1993)
Albert II was sworn in today as king of Belgium during a solemn ceremony...the King!" and one cry of protest. Albert, 59, became Belgium's sixth monarch...the oath 42 years ago. Baudouin, Albert's 62-year-old brother, died...

Belgium hails new king. (Albert II) Europe (11/1/1993)
...The sudden death of King Baudouin, on the...his younger brother Albert, the official heir, but by his nephew, Albert's elder son, Prince...delicate task of telling Albert that, whatever his...sixth King of the Belgians. So ...

Girls' murders stir Belgians to protest Chicago Sun-Times (10/21/1996)
...flowers, marched in Brussels on Sunday to protest the Belgian criminal-justice system. People from across Belgium...city buses were idle for a day. The troubles led Albert II, king of the Belgians, to speak out about the case for the second ...

BELGIAN CHILD-ABUSE TRIAL SPARKS WILD PROTESTS.(NEWS) Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) (10/19/1996)
...extra police for the weekend. King Albert II, who under Belgian protocol must strictly avoid politics...rights activists and scholars. The king also said the tragedy ``must...Standaard, suggesting that even the king could be ...

KING OF BELGIUM AWARDS SAUDI AMBASSADOR THE ORDER OF CROWN. States News Service (3/26/2011)
...Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: King of Belgium Albert II awarded Eng. Abdullah bin Yahiya Al-Mualami...King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to the King Albert II and the ...

Mask slips as Belgium faces up to dark deeds.(News) Sunday Tribune (South Africa) (7/4/2010)
...least some trepidation that Albert II, King of the Belgians, stepped off the plane in the...Belgium on June 30, 1960. Albert is the great-grandnephew of Leopold II, the Belgian king who ...

Belgium revisits scene of its shame; Decades of silence and guilt around its brutal colonial rule in Congo are beginning to lift, reports Vanessa Mock.(News) The Sunday Independent (South Africa) (7/4/2010)
...least some trepidation that Albert II, King of the Belgians, stepped off the plane in the...Belgium on June 30, 1960. Albert is the great-grandnephew of Leopold II, the Belgian king who ...

Nursultan Nazarbayev Receives the heir apparent to the Belgian throne prince Philippe. Kazakhstan Government News (10/12/2010)
...perspectives of the Kazakhstani-Belgian cooperation in the spheres of...personal greetings on behalf of the King of the Belgians Albert II to Nursultan Nazarbayev. He also noted that the Belgian business circles are ...

Israel protests Belgian ruling permitting war crimes probe.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (2/13/2003)
...letter of protest to Belgian King Albert II. "Those who accuse...Palestinian camps. The Belgian court's ruling also...Belgium's World War II legacy: "The thought...time. "Who told the Belgians to go and ...