Posted by M.Sjostrom on 10/6/2009, 14:03:35, in reply to "Re: Baudouin was in his own very act, not titled as Prince..."
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you write 'during ceremonies'.
was it an oral announcement, or an official document, where king Albert purportedly had such princely titles ??
I wonder whether this is the formula of marriage in Belgium, generally (i.e, to announce the names of the groom's parents too);
and what will then be done in Belgium in the matrimony situation of a guy who is illegitimate and name of father is not known...
Another disturbing point: the title 'prince of Liege' is a title held 'from' the king of Belgium, and in the normal protocol, would have vanished (= merged to the crown) at the accession of Albert to the kingship, because the king doctrinarily cannot hold a title from himself.
So, either the Belgian monarchy does not observe these subtleties of feudal law and usual european royal protocol; or the drafter of the things uttered in these ceremonies is a pompous person adding titles which are unsound, or redundant, or already merged.
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: During the civil ceremonies the groom is
: mentioned by his full names and than son of:
: HM Albert King of the Belgians, prince of
: Belgium, prince of Liege and HM Queen Paola
: of the princes of Ruffo di Calabria.
: Those titles were actually announced in all
: three national languages.
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