Brussels (AFP) – European royals and diplomats gathered in Belgium on Thursday to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a turning point for the continent which still touches a nerve and stirs national passions.The stress was on modern-day reconciliation and the sacrifice of some 47,000 dead or wounded soldiers on the fields around the small drab town just south of Brussels, the target of Napoleon’s ill-fated drive north in June 1815.France and Germany however only sent their ambassadors to a ceremony that attracted kings and dukes from elsewhere in Europe, reflecting that fact that history still runs …read more
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