“I don’t ask for anything more from them and I don’t expect anything more.” This is what Delphine Boël, who has been officially entitled to call herself Saxe-Coburg since 1 October, said in an interview with Le Soir. “But for the first time since I was seventeen I have been able to put that heavy burden on my shoulders.
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After seven years of legal battles, artist Delphine Boël has finally been recognized as a royal daughter and has been awarded the title of Princess of Belgium. “When I started, I felt completely desperate,” she says. “I never thought this would be the result. I previously thought there would one day be a gesture from Albert. ”
According to the artist, she just wanted to find “a comparison” with her father. “And I’m not talking about money or anything else. I just wish he would explain to me why he said he wasn’t my father. ”
“I’ve been a scandal celebrity since 1999,” continues Boël. “I was the unwanted girl, the dirty laundry, the troublemaker. Now that the court has proven me right, it’s like I can really live. I exist. Above all, I have the right to exist. I myself have not changed, I am still Delphine, an artist. I had a heavy burden on my shoulders, which I have now been able to take off for the first time since I was seventeen. ”
For the time being, according to Boël, no one of the royal family has contacted her after the ruling. When asked what relationship she now expects with the royal family, she answers briefly. “I don’t expect anything more and I don’t ask for anything more.”
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