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Loud Resentment. Except for the Catholics, all Belgian parties of the left and center had joined to resist the royal return. Behind this loud resistance was Belgian loud resentment because Leopold had: 1) surrendered to Germany in 1940 instead of continuing the war in exile; 2) married a commoner, comely Mademoiselle Marie-Lelia Baels, while most of his subjects were suffering under the German occupation; 3) thereby become the son-in-law of a rich Belgian industrialist about to face a charge of collaboration with the enemy. There was no expressed opposition to the King's eldest son, Prince...
...King Leopold's dilemma was acute. As a constitutional monarch, he could not flout the advice of Belgium's Premier, unless he could replace him with a less hostile Premier. But any Premier and Cabinet that favored the King's return could be fairly sure of a resounding no-confidence vote in Belgium's Parliament. To St. Wolfgang the King urgently summoned several leading Belgians for talks. Reports that Leopold would appoint prewar Premier Paul van Zeeland or Lieut. General Ganshof van der Meersh, a Resistance leader, as Premier were met by Brussels trade unions with...
...King." King Leopold's plight drew Europe's dynasts together. Off to London to consult with Britain's Dowager Queen Mary, Leopold's relative, dashed Belgium's Dowager Queen Elizabeth, Leopold's mother...
From strong-willed Queen Mary, the Belgian Queen received right royal counsel: Leopold must "be a King." Luxembourg's Grand Duchess Charlotte asked King Leopold to pay her a visit. Luxembourg is Belgium's southeastern neighbor. From St. Wolfgang, King Leopold promptly announced that there was "no question of abdicating," that he was proceeding with the formation of a new government...
...Palme Dutt, half-Swedish, half-Hindu Communist pundit, who is opposing Leopold S. Amery, Secretary of State for India, in Britain's general election, came felicitations from an eminent Indian wellwisher. Newly released after three years in jail, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Hindu nationalist, paused briefly in Bombay to wire Dutt luck on his pluck. Dutt's chances of election: virtually...