Quote Originally Posted by paulhenry View Post
I'm amazed,amused,and horrified as well, at these suggestions, knowing many Belgians, and quite a lot of their history, neither of these suggestions would go down terrribly well with almost all the Belgians that I know!
@ both Mike_Oettle and Paul Henry

Thank you for the tips and comments. I'm actually not completely surprised there is a tartan connected with the Coburg's, as they have direct links to much of the nobility in Europe. The reason why Belgium chose these Germans as their kings was actually inspired by their direct links to many of the royal families (including the Britisch), and hence thought their suggestion would be supported by these royals. The German descent of the king is said to be the reason for the similarity in flags. Congo, on the other hand, was initially the private playground of Leopold II, who consigned it to the Belgian state afterwards after the horrors committed in his name became public knowledge. After that it was mostly settles by well off families who often weren't much nicer to the local population.

However, I am not a royalist and don't particularly feel myself to be a Belgian, so I'll pass on this one. Neither will i be looking for a tartan containing red, yellow and black.

I have resigned myself to looking for a polyviscose budget kilt online with an generic pattern just to get the feel of kilting. If i would like it I might in the future obtain some o the Flemish tartan and have a good kilt made. I'm even considering to mail the house of Edgar for a small sample of the fabric to have myself a Tie made from it (kind of like the pattern and the story behind it).