Newspaper 'Het Nieuwsblad' listed this years incidents with Laurent. SOme of them a bit far fetched IMO. But all together it shows that the prince is not himself:
https://twitter.com/WDehandschutter/status/447319591069294592
- 21 January: Autosalon, Brussels, prince was in a bad mood and left after 15 minutes.
- 26 January: Lego-expo, Brussels, leaves wife and children home for a perfect family outing and parks his car on the pavement.
- 29 January: New Years reception at the Royal Palace, Brussels: long absence of Princess Claire leads to media speculation.
- 1 February: Walloon film awards, Laurent enters the festival through the back door after denying marital problems.
- 8 February: MIA's, Vilvoorde. He shows up unexpectedly at the award ceremony and drags a woman on stage with him.
- 10 February: Film festival, Brussels. He comes alone and doesn't want anybody else to sit with him in the royal box.
- 11 February: Inauguration of a renovated House in Molenbeek, Princess Claire is in public for the first time in 8 weeks, Laurent seems shows that he is not interested.
- 16 February: Engagement of prince Amedeo, Laurent arrives late and is not included in the family photo.
- 18 February: Mass in Laeken, the prince gets angry as the car of the king is blocking his own car and he can not leave.
- 25 February: Batibouw, Brussels, walks around with a sombre face for 45 minutes, he can only smile while meeting Freya van den Bossche.
- 5 March: Live Broadcast of the Oscars in Ghent. He follows the broadcast for an hour in silence and with a sombre face.
- 15 March: Laurent cancels his attendance, the official reason is that he has a cold.
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Newspaper 'De Standaard' speculates that the prince may have a burn-out.
Prins Laurent heeft wellicht burn-out - De Standaard