King Filip and Princess Delphine met for the first time last Friday. The Royal Palace reports this.
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“On Friday, October 9, we met for the first time in the Castle of Laken. It was a warm meeting. This extensive and special conversation gave us the opportunity to get to know each other. We’ve talked about our own lives and our common interests. This bond will develop further within the family ”, which can be read in the joint message of the king and princess Delphine.
Delphine, the illegitimate daughter of King Albert II with Sybille de Selys Longchamps, can officially call herself Delphine of Saxen-Coburg and Princess of Belgium since 1 October, after a judgment of the court of appeal in Brussels. This ended years of legal battle.
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That battle started when Delphine Boël went to the family court in 2013 to contest the legal paternity of Jacques Boël and, in a second phase, to have the paternity of Albert II recognized. The previous head of state insisted for years that Delphine is not his daughter, but finally announced in January that DNA tests had shown that he is indeed the biological father and that he would no longer legally dispute that.
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