The 52-year-old sculptor Boël launched a lawsuit in 2013 to have the earlier king, who’s now 86 years outdated, acknowledged as her father. She claimed the king had an affair alongside together with her mother, Sibylle de Selys Longchamps, resulting in her supply in 1968.
In January, he acknowledged he was definitely Boël’s natural father.
Boël will now change her remaining determine to that of her father “Saxe Cobourg.” Her kids may even become Princess and Prince of Belgium.
“She is delighted with this courtroom decision which locations an end to an prolonged course of which is very painful for her and her family,” Boël’s lawyer Yves-Henri Leleu said in an announcement to CNN. “A approved victory will not ever change the love of a father nevertheless provides a means of justice,” he added.
Albert II married Paola Ruffo di Calabria, later Queen Paola of Belgium, in 1959 and have develop into king in 1993. In 2013, on the age of 79, Albert II abdicated the throne in favor of his son Philippe, citing points over his age and effectively being.
Rumors a few child born from an extramarital affair began floating spherical just a few years after his ascension to the throne, fueled by allegations revealed in a 1999 biography about Queen Paola.
The scandal, and Boel’s determine as a result of the alleged child, have been splashed all through entrance pages of newspapers. She began speaking overtly regarding the case to media inside the following years, whatever the king’s repeated denials of paternity.
