High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Royal Question (French: Question royale; Dutch: Koningskwestie) refers to the 1950 political conflict surrounding the question whether King Leopold III should return to Belgium after World War II. A referendum was organised, in which the majority voted in favour of his return (Flanders and the Ardennes mostly in favour; industrialised Wallonia mostly against). Leopold III of Belgium returned to the throne on 22 July 1950 after five years' exile in Switzerland, and few days later, on 26 July 1950, a general strike broke out against his return, mainly in Wallonia. Eventually, during the night from 31 July to 1 August, the king was forced by the Belgian government of Jean Duvieusart to offer to abdicate in favour of his son. A march to Brussels was announced for 2 August. In Liege leaders of the General Federation of Belgian Labour (as for instance Andre Renard), of the Walloon Movement, of the Belgian Socialist Party threatened to form a...