: Back to Princesses and haemophylia:
:
: Infanta Cristina, Alfonso XIII's youngest
: daughter, was a cheerful but not very bright
: person. When King Leopold III of Belgium lost
: his beloved Astrid, Cristina set her eyes on
: him.
:
: In an interview she said that it was all
: right for her to marry Leopold and have his
: children. If any child was infected, there was : no problem. Leopold already had a heir and a
: spare. Very profound !
Her comments do sound rather tactless and silly and yet I can sympathise with her and her sister's predicament and frustration at the threat of carrying haemophilia interfering and possibly ruining their chances of making an equal marriage.
: On the next generation, the ghost of
: haemophylia still endured.
:
: Q.Ena and the CoB wanted very much that
: Infanta Pilar would marry King Baudouin.
Of course there was no danger that Infanta Pilar could carry haemophilia as her father was completely healthy and a woman can only inherit the defective gene from a haemophiliac father or a mother who herself carries the gene.
: A perfect match that would strenghten the
: prestige of the dethroned SRF by marrying
: into a reigning RF.
:
: In the end, the King not only followed his
: heart but dismissed the possibilty of having
: sick sons. Little did he know he would never
: father any son...
Is there evidence that King Baudouin was dissuaded from contemplating a match with Infanta Pilar in the mistaken belief she could be a haemophiliac carrier?
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