Posted by Jay
on 20/10/2009, 14:05:20, in reply to "Prince Laurent's birthday..."
24.147.92.103
Thanks, Joris. My comic relief for the start of the week. 
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: Better late than never: congratulations to
: Prince Laurent Benoît Boudewijn Marie of
: Belgium today (born 1963).
:
: Not so fortunate days for the prince whose
: KINT had to stop its activities due to a
: drastic decrease of subsidees and two of his
: real estate companies show deficit...
:
: For the balance: I hope he is happy and
: enjoying his lovely wife and kids!
:
: In the Belgian free magazine Metro he was
: referred to in a list of 19 October
: birthdays today as "Laurent Van België
: , Belgian prince", which, of course, is
: his surname (which he also mentioned when he
: had to testify in court). I wonder is this
: "Van" indeed with capital
: "V" or undercast "v"
: (both are possible in Belgium, although Van
: with capital V is more usual. Van is never
: written with capital V in Belgium's Northern
: neighbour The Netherlands in the combination
: first name/initials + surname).
:
: Kind regards,
: Joris van den W*.
:
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