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: I believe amendments were already made three
: years ago to curtail the number of people
: eligible for a state income. A transitional
: arrangement exists for Laurent and Astrid.
: However with Laurent's continuing defiance
: of his brother and the government I believe
: it is time to sit him down and offer him the
: opportunity to leave the stage with some
: slither of dignity remaining. I am sure
: everybody will understand that his frail
: health no longer permits him to perform any
: royal duties or involve himself with any
: political or royal issues. In the unlikely
: event he remains determined not to go
: quietly, the government will be crystal
: clear that it will have absolutely no
: difficulty finding support in parliament to
: amend the law further and substantially
: reduce his state income for the remainder of
: his life.
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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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: --Previous Message--
: 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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