Excerpt from Fighters for Peace
At first it did not seem as if Destiny had picked him out for a king. His older brother was the heir presumptive, and nobody dreamed that a lad so vigorous would not live to reign. Prince Albert, therefore, was permitted to go quietly and happily along through his childhood without "the fierce light which beats upon a throne" dazzling or bewildering his young spirit.
He was born in April, 1875, in the palace of the Rue de la Regence in Brussels, but of all the royal houses where he spent part of his time, he loved the chateau of Amerois best. It was beautiful living on a hilltop, with a quaint old town that seemed like a story-book village nestling at its foot, and the ancient Ardennes forest for a playground.
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