THE LATE KING ALBERT'S SON, NOW LEOPOLD [?], KING OF THE BELGIANS, TAKING THE OATH OF FIDELITY TO THE CONSTITUTION IN BRUSSELS. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE NEW QUEEN, IN DEEP MOURNING. SITTING BETWEEN HER CHILDREN, PRINCE BAUDOUIN (LEFT) AND PRINCESS JOSEPHINE STANDING BEHIND THEM ARE (LEFT TO RIGHT): PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY, THE CROWN PRINCE OLAF OF NORWAY AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. RIGHT: THE FUNERAL CORTEGE AS IT LEFT THE ROYAL PALACE IN BRUSSELS. THE COFFIN IS MOUNTED ON A WAR-SCARRED GUN CARRIAGE, FOLLOWED BY THE LATE KING'S CHARGER, WITH EMPTY SADDLE AND FIELD BOOTS REVERSED IN THE STIRRUPS. IMMEDIATELY BEHIND FOLLOWED A GROUP OF ROYALTIES, AMONG WHOM LEOPOLD [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 29 Mar 1934, Page 4
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