Tatiana Maria
Majesty
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- Oct 15, 2013
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- United States
It is worth remembering that during Delphine Boël's court battle to become King Albert II's legal daughter, she and her lawyers publicly told the media that she had no interest in becoming a princess, until September 2020 when she reversed herself and demanded the same titles as her soon to be siblings.
So if she has seemed to be satisfied for the past three years but is now asking for more, it is consistent with her past record. However, I believe her recent letter is more or less consistent with her and her lawyers' public statements since 2020, and if she goes on to ask for taxpayer funding and a place in line to the throne, that would be consistent also.
Her lawyer stated in 2020 that "she wants to have exactly the same privileges, titles and capacities as her brothers and her sister". Taken at face value, "the same privileges" would include dotations and state-founded housing, as her brothers and sister receive them, and "the same capacities" would include attending official events as a working royal, which her brothers and sister are.
In 2021 her lawyer called it "scandalous" that children born out of wedlock were excluded from the throne and said it violated European and United Nations treaties.
Linda_26, thank you for the updates and your (as always) informative summaries.
So if she has seemed to be satisfied for the past three years but is now asking for more, it is consistent with her past record. However, I believe her recent letter is more or less consistent with her and her lawyers' public statements since 2020, and if she goes on to ask for taxpayer funding and a place in line to the throne, that would be consistent also.
Her lawyer stated in 2020 that "she wants to have exactly the same privileges, titles and capacities as her brothers and her sister". Taken at face value, "the same privileges" would include dotations and state-founded housing, as her brothers and sister receive them, and "the same capacities" would include attending official events as a working royal, which her brothers and sister are.
In 2021 her lawyer called it "scandalous" that children born out of wedlock were excluded from the throne and said it violated European and United Nations treaties.
Linda_26, thank you for the updates and your (as always) informative summaries.