Princess Delphine of Belgium

Princess Delphine
Princess Delphine in 2024
BornJonkvrouw Delphine Boël
(1968-02-22) 22 February 1968 (age 56)
Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
SpouseJames O'Hare
Issue
Detail
Princess Joséphine
Prince Oscar
Names
French: Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine de Saxe-Cobourg[1]
Dutch: Delphine Michelle Anna Maria Gisela van Saksen-Coburg[1]
HouseBelgium
FatherAlbert II of Belgium
MotherSybille de Selys Longchamps

Princess Delphine of Belgium (Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine de Saxe-Cobourg; born 22 February 1968),[2][3] known previously as Jonkvrouw Delphine Boël, is a Belgian artist and member of the Belgian royal family. She is the daughter of King Albert II of Belgium with Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps, and the half-sister of King Philippe of Belgium. On 1 October 2020, she was lawfully recognised as Princess of Belgium with the style "Her Royal Highness".[4] Earlier, she had belonged to the Belgian titled nobility and was legally Jonkvrouw.

  1. ^ a b Cendrowicz, Leo (25 September 2022). "The artist currently known as Princess". The Brussels Times. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. However, her children kept Jim's family name, O'Hare, with the addition of the prefix HRH, followed by the title Prince and Princess of Belgium. The prefix and title are the same as those for Albert's other grandchildren.
  2. ^ "Delphine Boël est princesse de Belgique : "une victoire judiciaire ne remplacera jamais l'amour d'un père"" [Delphine Boël is Princess of Belgium: "a legal victory will never replace the love of a father"] (in French). Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ Boël, Delphine. "Curriculum vitae of Delphine Boël Artist colourist painting, video". Delphine Boël. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Delphine Boël: Belgium ex-king's love child wins royal titles". BBC News. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

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