Prince Laurent of Belgium’s Secret Son Officially Recognized as a Prince
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With Clément Vandekerckhove, our royal family has a new prince. Perhaps a second one has even been added. Prince Laurent seems to have become a different person. For the first time in his life, he is not reacting out of opposition to the monarchy, but is keeping silent out of his responsibility as a father. Our royalty expert Wim Dehandschutter on Laurent's metamorphosis.
Clément Vandenkerckhove, the unrecognised 25-year-old son of the always controversial Prince Lorenzo of Belgium — King Philip's younger brother — has officially become a prince of Belgium, as reported by the Belgian press on Wednesday. This title comes after decades of rumors, but only a year later since the recognition of the young man by his father, on September 9, 2025, and a few months after Lorenzo of Belgium formalized the legal recognitio…
According to Belgian press reports on Wednesday 19 August 2026, the hidden son of Prince Laurent of Belgium, Clement Vandenkerckhove, was officially recognized as his biological son by the State, allowing him to obtain a royal title at the same time.
Clément Vandenkerckhove will not change his name, but, according to information from 'Le Soir', he is already a Belgian prince.
Can you imagine the Spanish reader waking up this Wednesday with the news that Spain has suddenly one more prince, 25 years old, in our case an infant or infant,...
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