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...sadly no journalists are able to find anything scandalous that they can blame for his retirement.



http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/europe/belgium-king/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective."

I was going to post that I didn't even know Belgium had a king...

At least he just straight up abdicated. There's nothing worse than Belgium waffling.

Waddayamean, they couldn't think of anything scandalous? On one side, you've got his bastard daughter, who he won't recognize and is trying to force him in front of a court for DNA to prove her royalty - and stepping aside means his son will now be untouchable just like himself, so there's no good DNA for comparison - and on the other side, the political manoeuvering to make the royalty "high" coincide with the start of our next, big and important election cycle where there's a serious, paralyzing fear that the regionalists (nationalists, it depends who you ask) will have a blocking majority and all the political games being played here. Pfah, no scandals about him stepping down. *mumbles something about being republican*

stienman said:

...sadly no journalists are able to find anything scandalous that they can blame for his retirement.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/europe/belgium-king/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective."

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Rafiki was always quite the prankster...

lol monarchies.