The King of Belgium
Despised by many for being King instead of an elected official.
But i kinda like having a King around here.
He came to the throne when his older brother died childless at 60 something.
Albert was never supposed to become king, he kinda lived a life that was easy going.. go shake some hands, ride his motorcycle or fast car to the point where his Secret Service escort couldn't follow and exited the turn in the wrong kind of way (happened a couple of times)...
So when Boudewijn died of a Heart attack and Prince Filip (son of Albert) was deemed not mature/ready enough to take the throne as was originally planned. Albert was given the gig, and it was quite a shock to him.
Anyway, the poor guy is 73 or something.. Whatever he does , he get's dumped upon by half the country.. because half the Country feels he is the evil ruler of Frenchspeaking part of Belgium hell bent on supressing the poor Flemish. When as far as i can tell, he's just an old man who inhrerited the rotten job of trying to keep this Country together despite having no real legal power and a bunch of selfserving @sshole politicians that really should just be shipped off on a boat to Africa...Sure the royals come at a certain price in terms of upkeep.. But as far as Royals go, ours are pretty cheap compared to the UK, NL , others. And the ROI comes in terms of Goodwill on trade missions.. Most business men abroad still go kinda weak in the knees when there is a Royal in a trade mission.. that in turn translates in million dollar deals being made..Those millions outweigh the upkeep.
Frankly, i think the poor guy just wishes he could go ride his bike again.. And this picture kinda confirms my belief.