Scandal at the Belgium Court: The “rebellious prince” Laurentfifteenth in succession and brother of King Filippo, he publicly admitted to having a secret son. It is the twenty -five year old Clément VandenkerCkhoveborn from a prince’s relationship with the model, singer and actress Iris Vandenkersaka Wendy Van Wanten. The news was disclosed with an official note in which Laurent stresses that his decision was motivated by “a sense of kindness and respect for the people involved” and that it is the “result of a shared path”: “In recent years we have spoken openly and sincerity».
The relationship between Laurent and Wendy Van Wanten – which lasted seven years – has never been a secret, so much so that the two They participated together with the wedding of Prince Edoardo in 1999. When Clément was born in 2000, the story between the two was already over but many hypothesized that the father was the prince. However Both clément and her mother have always kept the secret. Even the boy, in 2021, had denied on TV that Laurent was his father: «It’s a nice story, but the stories are only stories“, He had assured at the time. Now, after Laurent has admitted paternity, Clément also broke the silence on his true origins: «Everyone knows who my mother is. Few know who my father is. I was just born and people already talked about me. My father did nothing wrong, my mother did nothing wrong. I want to be able to live normally and not have to feel constantly: “Do you really know who your father is?”. Speaking today helps me to close this chapter and go on, “said the young man in a documentary broadcast on the Flemish channel VTM.
Wendy Van Wanten, for his part, said: «If it was depended on me, probably I would never have talked about it. But I do it for my son, because he asked me and because I understand. Perhaps I was naive to think that we could keep him secret, “admitted the singer, who clarified he had never had doubts about the authorship of his firstborn:” I never took the pill and his father knew it. There was no one else. Clément is born from a sincere love: He was not an unwanted son ».
Prince Laurent, known for his complicated life, in the name of the transgression of the rules, is Married to Princess Claire, who gave him three children, since 2003. So the birth of Clément took place well before the wedding. Laurent’s father, the former sovereign Alberto IIhe combined it decidedly bigger. Married since 1958 with Paola Ruffo di Calabria (three children, Philippe, Astrid and Laurent were born from the Union), Alberto lived a twenty years of illegal love with the Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchampswife of the gentleman Jacques Boël. From that secret relationship was born Delphine Boëlwho after years of legal battles managed to demonstrate royal paternity, thanks to the DNA test, in January 2020. And a few months later, from the Brussels Court of Appeal, he also obtained the title of Princess. Now, with the official recognition by Dad Laurent, Clément also could receive a noble title: according to the journalist Rick Evers, it could be designated as “His real height Clément, Prince of Belgium».
Source: Vanity Fair

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