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31 de ene. de 2020 · Over 20 years ago, Mario Danneels set out to write a biography on Queen Paola of Belgium—and ended up uncovering her husband King Albert II’s longstanding affair and illegitimate daughter. By...
18 de oct. de 2022 · Over 20 years ago, Mario Danneels set out to write a biography on Queen Paola of Belgium—and ended up uncovering her husband King Albert II’s longstanding affair and illegitimate daughter.
- Paola and The Prince
- A Scandal Unfolds
- The Love Child
The pair were officially introduced at an event at the Belgium embassy to celebrate the coronation of Pope John XXIII. Paola later said of Prince Albert, "We were both shy, so we only talked a little." But they were clearly deeply smitten and managed to keep their love alive as a long-distance romance, before marrying in July 1959. The nuptials wen...
Writer Mario Danneels was only sixteen when he started researching a biography of Queen Paola. Due to his age, most people didn't take him seriously and assumed he was writing for a school project; even though he'd told everybody he interviewed that he already had a publisher and was writing a book. Danneels told Vanity Fair, "I got talking to peop...
In 2013, 45-year-old Delphine Boël began a six year court battle to prove that 85-year-old Albert was her biological father. During the legal battle, Albert repeatedly refused to acknowledge that he was her father and refused to take a DNA test. Delphine, a Belgium artist, made it clear she was not taking action for financial gain, as she was alrea...
10 de sept. de 2020 · Getty Images. Princess Paola of Belgium (later Queen Paola) and Prince Albert of Belgium with their children in 1969. Baroness Longchamps says the affair with the then Prince Albert of...
Paola (née Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria; [2] born 11 September 1937) is a member of the Belgian royal family who was Queen of the Belgians during the reign of her husband, King Albert II, from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013.
- Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria
- Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana
28 de oct. de 2020 · 28 October 2020. Queen Paola of Belgium and King Albert II of Belgium during a meeting with Princess Delphine BELGIAN ROYAL PALACE / Belga / PA Images. Following the news that Delphine Boël, the former Belgian King’s love-child, has won the right to call herself a princess, she has finally been reunited with her father, the former King ...
11 de dic. de 2023 · The court’s decision came seven years after Delphine’s initial paternity lawsuit, which stemmed from the 1999 publication of details about Albert II’s extramarital affair in an unauthorized biography of Queen Paola. Albert II initially denied paternity but was later ordered by the court in 2019 to undergo a DNA test or face fines.