In the end, it was a good day to bury
controversial royal news. The decision of a court to convert the
illegitimate daughter of King Albert II into HRH Princess Delphine
of Belgium came on a day the country finally got a new government
and that’s reflected in the press coverage of this regal surprise.
For while Delphine Saxe-Coburg makes headlines, they are muted and
well down the news…
Our Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger, and
our News Editor, Lydia Starbuck, debate on whether or not Belgium
should have added a new princess to the Belgian Royal Family. Lydia
Starbuck, News Editor I can’t help feeling that the decision to
create Delphine, daughter of…
Queen Máxima officially opened Breast
Cancer Awareness Month in the Netherlands on Thursday during a
visit to the Breast Cancer Association Netherlands in The Hague.
During her visit, Queen Máxima met with some of the 230 volunteers
who help out with BCAN to hear about…
Queen Mathilde paid a visit to East
Flanders on Wednesday, visiting local businesses to learn more
about production. King Philippe had originally been scheduled to
join his wife; however, with a new government deal struck
overnight, His Majesty had to remain in Brussels to meet with his
government officials. Queen Mathilde’s visit began at Inex, a
family-run dairy that focuses on providing…
Sporting a red face mask, Queen Letizia
chaired a meeting of the Spanish Red Cross Thursday to hear more
about the organisation’s Red Cross RESPONDE Plan against COVID-19.
As the largest humanitarian operation in the history of the Spanish
Red Cross, the plan has…
Queen Máxima paid a digital visit to the
community of Alphen aan den Rijn on Wednesday to discuss debt
problems and solutions with a local financial foundation. Queen
Máxima was joined by State Secretary Bas van t’ Wout, the State
Secretary for Social Affairs and…
The daughter born outside of marriage to
the man who ruled Belgium for almost twenty years now shares the
royal status of her half brothers and sister. Delphine Saxe-Coburg,
illegitimate daughter of King Albert II of Belgium, has been made a
princess by a court and can use the style of HRH. But why has this
king’s illegitimate child been granted royal status? For centuries,
illegitimate…
Belgium gains a new Princess as King Albert's illegitimate daughter is granted title
1st October 2020
Delphine Boël, the acknowledged
illegitimate daughter of King Albert II of Belgium, has been
granted the title of Princess of Belgium with the style of Her
Royal Highness, her lawyer has confirmed. Her new official name
will Delphine of Saxe-Coburg (van Saksen-Coburg).
King Philippe of the Belgians has
appointed the ministers of the new federal government at the Royal
Palace. After nearly 500 days of forming a government, the new
ministers have taken the oath before His Majesty the King. At 10 am
sharp King Philippe received the Prime…
On Christmas Day 2019, Ari Behn, the
former husband of Princess Martha Louise of Norway, took his own
life. His funeral in Oslo Cathedral on January 3 was attend by
royals from Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands and Crown Prince
Haakon was one of the pallbearers. On his birthday yesterday,
September 30, Ari Behn was laid to rest at Our Savior’s Cemetery in
Oslo. Behn was cremated. He was…
