Posted by Dag T. Hoelseth
on 11/6/2009, 10:22:58, in reply to "Re: weddings of Albert's sons"
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: I have had an impression that official
: gazettes publish the documents verbatim,
: taking no stance to the protocol or lack of
: in ready documents - whatever the document
: happens to contain.
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: So, the contents of the marriage certificate
: surely is not a responsiility of 'Moniteur
: Belge', but it's responsibility and product
: of whomever issued that certificate.
You certainly have a point here, although I am sure you agree that the documents provided strengthens the case of the king having the additional title Prince of Belgium than the opposite.
The Legal Gazette will publish whatever they have received from the ministry etc. Same here in Norway where I am working with the Norsk Lovtidend. We do proofreading and can have dialogue with the ministry if there are mistakes (references to laws etc.) in the regulations, but cannot do anything about the laws of course.
Here is a funny mistake from Norsk Lovtidend 1937:
http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/res19370222.html
The title "arveprins" (for the son of the crown prince) was not constitutional, cf. the pre-1990 wording of the Constitution Article 34. Still it was used in the said royal decree. Should never be regarded as a proof that Harald once was officially titled "arveprins". He was only "prins" from 1937 to 1957.
DTH
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