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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