On Sunday Belgium celebrated the coronation of Prince Philippe and his wife, Princess Mathilde.
As the oldest of five children, Mathilde worked to establish herself early on.
I first met her when she and Dr. Mathilde Krim formed Cinema Against AIDS, the amfAR charity event held every year in Cannes.
Mathilde, with the sympathetic gift of her nation, shared the excitement of her mistress in this fete.
When she left the bishop's palace, Mathilde did not hesitate to despatch a courier to madame de Fervaques.
After dinner, Addie went upstairs; and, when he had changed his things, he found Mathilde in her own sitting-room.
Mathilde now kept bringing that up with little sympathetic remarks like, It is such a shame, Lucia!
Johan seemed to be persistently pleading, Mathilde seemed to be refusing something.
