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: Really? Is there a law in Belgium stating that
: the King's siblings are members of the RF
: and should be included in the civil list?
: In Britain, members included in the civil
: list were reduced some years ago and in
: Spain, for example, the King's sisters are
: not even members of the RF and receive no
: money from the Royal House.
: So, I find it difficult to believe that the
: parliament, the Government or the King would
: find legal difficulties to stop paying state
: money to Prince Laurent.
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: While I am certainly no fan of the prince
: who
: has been a long term embarrassment to the
: king and royal family, I struggle to find a
: legal procedure which can be used to remove
: him from the RF on the basis of what is
: alleged to be his behaviour, inappropriate
: though it may be. I would suspect that he
: would only agree to go voluntarily and would
: demand a substantial pay-off to do so. Such
: a demand might mean even more embarassment.
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: I would strongly recommend Filip and the PM
: to
: come up with a proposal along those lines.
: Laurent has proven to the world to be
: grossly unfit to have any royal role so why
: continue this charade? Remove him from the
: civil list with immediate effect and let him
: sort out his own mess.
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: Prince Laurent should act consequent and
: break
: with his family. He should renounce
: everything which comes with being a member
: of the Belgian RF and furthermore leading a
: life as a private person. It would be much
: more honest of him to do so, than always
: moaning around about the (in his eyes) oh so
: 'negative' aspects of Royal Life. No longer
: facing the prince's 'tantrums' would prevent
: the RF from unnecessary troubles, too!
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: Alas, the times are gone, where problematic
: family-member can be sent to far-away
: countries as ambassador .
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: After having once had some sympathies for
: the prince, I now consider him a simply
: unpleasant person...
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: The king of the Belgians’ younger brother
: faces a dressing down from the country’s
: prime minister after demanding that
: politicians and the royal family “stop
: bugging” him over claims his business
: ventures are losing money.
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