“The public budget systems of the eight West European monarchies and the two republics considered use a variety of systems for the civil lists and allocations granted to their heads of state. For this reason it is very difficult to compare the systems with one another”
Bibliography
Belgium and the Monarchy. From National Independence to National Disintegration
“If we undertake an analysis of Belgian history from the perspective of the monarchy, we need first to answer a crucial question: just how powerful is the king in Belgium? In 1830-1831 the Kingdom of Belgium was established as a ‘modern’, constitutional and parliamentary monarchy. This constitution was intended to reconcile the traditional rights of the monarch with the democratic rights of the people”
Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: A Historical Cross‐Country Perspective 1820‐2000
“Monarchs share one important feature, which is unobtainable by ordinary politicians: their time horizon when considering public action by definition extends to the rest of their life and probably longer, given their concern for their children and perhaps also for the preservation of the monarchy”
Biographies
Koning Filip: de biografie
“België heeft na twintig jaar een nieuwe koning, Filip. Wie is hij? Wie zijn de ‘makers’ van de nieuwe koning? Welke vorming heeft hij gekregen en hoe is hij op het koningschap voorbereid? En zal hij de hoge standaard van zijn oom Boudewijn of zijn vader Albert II als voorbeeld nemen?”