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{{Short description|Belgian artist and royal (born 1968)}}
'''Delphine Boël''' is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] artist specialized in the sculptures. She became famous in [[1999]], not thanks to her artistic abilities but because she is the daughter of [[Albert II of Belgium]], born out of wedlock. Born in [[1968]], she bears the name of Jacques Boël, a scion from a family of industrialists and husband of [[Sybille de Selys Longchamps|Sybille, Baroness de Selys Longchamps]], mother of Delphine.
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'''Princess Delphine of Belgium''' (''Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine de Saxe-Cobourg''; born 22 February 1968),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/belgique/detail_delphine-boel-est-princesse-de-belgique-une-victoire-judiciaire-ne-remplacera-jamais-l-amour-d-un-pere?id=10598252 |title=Delphine Boël est princesse de Belgique : "une victoire judiciaire ne remplacera jamais l'amour d'un père" |language=fr |trans-title=Delphine Boël is Princess of Belgium: "a legal victory will never replace the love of a father" |access-date=1 October 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143613/https://www.rtbf.be/info/belgique/detail_delphine-boel-est-princesse-de-belgique-une-victoire-judiciaire-ne-remplacera-jamais-l-amour-d-un-pere?id=10598252 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delphineboel.com/cv-delphine-boel.php |title=Curriculum vitae of Delphine Boël Artist colourist painting, video |last=Boël |first=Delphine |website=Delphine Boël |access-date=29 January 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128114011/https://www.delphineboel.com/cv-delphine-boel.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> known previously as ''[[Jonkheer|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 [[Monarchy of Belgium|Princess of Belgium]] with the style "[[Royal Highness|Her Royal Highness]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54380084 |title=Delphine Boël: Belgium ex-king's love child wins royal titles |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2020-10-01 |access-date=2020-11-09}}</ref> Earlier, she had belonged to the Belgian titled nobility and was legally [[Jonkheer|Jonkvrouw]].
She has one daughter, Joséphine.


== Early life and career ==
Delphine Boël is sometimes compared with [[Mazarine Pingeot]], the [[illegitimacy|illegitimate]] daughter of former [[French President]] [[François Mitterand]]. Some went as far as nicknaming Delphine Boël the "Mazarine of Belgium" (La "''Mazarine de Belgique''").
Princess Delphine is the daughter of Baroness [[Sybille de Selys Longchamps]], whose first husband was a Belgian [[Belgian nobility|nobleman]] and industrialist ''[[Jonkheer]]'' Jacques Boël.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/01/belgium-king-albert-ii-daughter-delphine-boel |title=King Albert II's Secret Daughter: How a Teenager Uncovered Belgium's Royal Scandal |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=31 January 2020 |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206012603/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/01/belgium-king-albert-ii-daughter-delphine-boel |url-status=live}}</ref> They divorced in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Flanders News]] |date=2020-10-06 |title="I didn't do it for the money" says Princess Delphine |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2020/10/06/_i-didn_t-do-it-for-the-money-says-princess-delphine/ |access-date=2021-01-18 |website=vrtnws.be |language=en}}</ref> Her biological father is [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]], former King of the Belgians.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/magazine/293307/the-artist-currently-known-as-princess |title=The artist currently known as Princess |work=[[The Brussels Times Magazine]] |date=2022-09-22 | access-date=2022-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| title = Koning Albert II geeft toe dat hij biologische vader van Delphine Boël is| work = [[De Morgen]]| access-date = 2023-10-28| date = 2020-01-27| url = https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/koning-albert-ii-geeft-toe-dat-hij-biologische-vader-van-delphine-boel-is~b82c70ae/| language = nl| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220605125825/https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/koning-albert-ii-geeft-toe-dat-hij-biologische-vader-van-delphine-boel-is~b82c70ae/| archive-date = 2022-06-05| url-status = live}}</ref>


Delphine attended boarding school in England and Switzerland, and studied at the [[Chelsea College of Arts|Chelsea School of Art and Design]] in London, where she earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in fine arts (with honours) in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guypietersgallery.com/en/artists/13331/van-saksen-coburg-delphine |title=Van Saksen-Coburg Delphine at Guy Pieters Gallery |website=Guy Pieters Gallery |access-date=2 November 2020}}</ref> She has been a guest lecturer at the [[Higher Institute for Fine Arts]] (HISK), [[Antwerp]], and the [[Maastricht Art School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.delphinedesaxecobourg.com/cv-delphine-boel.php |website=Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg}}</ref>
[[fr:Delphine Boël]]
[[Category:1968 births|Boël, Delphine]]
[[Category:Belgian artists|Boël, Delphine]]
[[Category:Belgian monarchy]]


She is the founding patron of the Princess Delphine of Saxe-Coburg Fund based at [[Ghent University Hospital]], promoting the use of art in health care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/princess-delphine-of-saxe-coburg-fund-created-153563/|title=Princess Delphine of Saxe-Coburg Fund created|first=Jess|last=Ilse|date=16 December 2020|access-date=16 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716031835/https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/princess-delphine-of-saxe-coburg-fund-created-153563/|archive-date=16 July 2022|url-status=live|website=Royal Central}}</ref> The Belgian brewery Struise produced a "Cuvée Delphine" beer for which she designed the artwork for the bottle label. Her sculpture ''Ageless Love'' is in the Gerdapark, [[Sint-Niklaas]]. In 2021, she designed the decoration of the [[Lamborghini|Lamborghini Art Car]].
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== Personal life ==
James "Jim" O'Hare, an American businessman of Irish descent,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/royalty/prinses-delphine-vereert-tomorrowland-met-een-bezoek-ik-ben-een-heel-grote-fan-van-technomuziek~ad6cf10d/|title=Prinses Delphine vereert Tomorrowland met een bezoek: "Ik ben een heel grote fan van technomuziek"|trans-title=Princess Delphine honors Tomorrowland with a visit: "I am a very big fan of techno music"|language=Dutch|first=Isabella |last=Deridder|website=HLN|access-date=4 April 2023|date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230404062350/https://www.hln.be/royalty/prinses-delphine-vereert-tomorrowland-met-een-bezoek-ik-ben-een-heel-grote-fan-van-technomuziek~ad6cf10d/|archive-date=4 April 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> is Delphine's husband.<ref name="brusselstimes"/><ref name=CBS>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/in-royal-circles-21-4-08/17/|title=Belgium - In Royal Circles|website=[[CBS News]]|date=21 April 2008 |access-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404060115/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/in-royal-circles-21-4-08/17/|archive-date=4 April 2023|url-status=live|quote=The allegedly out-of-wedlock daughter of Belgium's King Albert II, Delphine Boel, left, poses with her new book along with her American husband, James O'Hare of Texas, in Brussels, April 9, 2008.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/warner-bros-princess-delphine-1235224714/|title=Princess Delphine of Belgium Series Goes to HBO Max in Multiple Territories, SBS in Australia (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Leo|last=Barraclough|website=Variety|access-date=4 April 2023|date=4 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404060529/https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/warner-bros-princess-delphine-1235224714/|archive-date=4 April 2023|url-status=live|quote=Variety sat down with Princess Delphine and her husband Jim O’Hare in Cannes to discuss the documentary.}}</ref><ref name="www.vrt.be">{{cite web|first=Anne|last=François|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/fr/2020/08/09/delphine-boel-s_exprime-pour-la-premiere-fois-apres-son-proces/|title=Delphine Boël s'exprime pour la première fois après le procès : "J'étais la honte, le linge sale du Roi" |trans-title=Delphine Boël speaks for the first time after the trial: "I was the shame, the King's dirty laundry" |language=fr |website=www.vrt.be |access-date=12 August 2020 |date=9 August 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143611/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/fr/2020/08/09/delphine-boel-s_exprime-pour-la-premiere-fois-apres-son-proces/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The couple have two children:
* ''[[Royal Highness|Her Royal Highness]]'' Princess Joséphine O'Hare, Princess of Belgium (born 17 October 2003).<ref name="ejustice">{{cite web|url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi/article_body.pl?language=nl&pub_date=2015-11-24&numac=2015021075&caller=list|title=Koninklijk besluit betreffende de verlening van de titel van Prins of Prinses van België|trans-title=Royal Decree conferring the title of Prince or Princess of Belgium|language=Dutch|publisher=Moniteur Belge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531165343/https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi/article_body.pl?language=nl&pub_date=2015-11-24&numac=2015021075&caller=list|date=12 November 2015|archive-date=31 May 2023|url-status=live|quote=... de titel van Prins of Prinses van België volgend op hun voornaam en voor zover ze die voeren, hun familienaam en hun dynastieke titel, en voor de andere titels die hun rechtens hun ascendentie toekomen. Hun voornaam wordt voorafgegaan door het predicaat Zijne of Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid. [... the title of Prince or Princess of Belgium following their first name and, insofar as they use it, their family name and their dynastic title, and for the other titles to which they are entitled by right of ascendancy. Their first name is preceded by the predicate His or Her Royal Highness.]}}</ref><ref name="brusselstimes"/> Princess Joséphine attended the Notre-Dame des Champs School, a French language school in Uccle, Brussels.<ref name="hln"/> In 2022, she enrolled in the Liberal Arts and Sciences course in an unnamed university in the Netherlands.<ref name="hln">{{cite web|first=Wim|last=Dehandschutter |url=https://www.hln.be/showbizz/prinsen-en-prinsessen-zwermen-uit-in-het-nieuwe-schooljaar-dochter-prinses-delphine-gaat-mensenrechten-studeren~a207f039/ |title=Prinsen en prinsessen zwermen uit in het nieuwe schooljaar: dochter prinses Delphine gaat mensenrechten studeren|trans-title=Princes and princesses swarm in the new school year: daughter Princess Delphine is going to study human rights|language=Dutch |website=HLN |access-date=4 April 2023|date=27 August 2022 |archive-date=31 October 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221031132918/https://www.hln.be/showbizz/prinsen-en-prinsessen-zwermen-uit-in-het-nieuwe-schooljaar-dochter-prinses-delphine-gaat-mensenrechten-studeren~a207f039/|url-status=live}}</ref> She speaks French and English.<ref name="hln"/>
* ''[[Royal Highness|His Royal Highness]]'' Prince Oscar O'Hare, Prince of Belgium (born 28 April 2008).<ref name="ejustice"/><ref name="brusselstimes"/> Prince Oscar attends school in Brussels.<ref name="hln"/><ref name="www.vrt.be"/><ref name="marieclaire">{{cite web|first=Par Thilda |last=Riou |url=https://www.marieclaire.fr/belgique-l-ex-roi-albert-ii-reconnait-sa-fille-delphine-boel-nee-hors-mariage,1337666.asp |title=Belgique : l'ex-roi Albert II reconnaît sa fille Delphine Boël, née hors-mariage |trans-title=Belgium: ex-king Albert II recognizes his daughter Delphine Boël, born out of wedlock |language=fr |website=[[Marie Claire]] |access-date=12 August 2020 |date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143614/https://www.marieclaire.fr/belgique-l-ex-roi-albert-ii-reconnait-sa-fille-delphine-boel-nee-hors-mariage,1337666.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Paternity case ==
On 19 October 1999, an 18-year-old Flemish schoolboy,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/482456.stm |title=Lungescu, Oana 27 October 1999 Belgium's royal sex scandal BBC, retrieved 27 April 2010 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=27 October 1999 |access-date=29 December 2012 |archive-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203162947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/482456.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> [[:nl:Mario Danneels|Mario Danneels]], published his unauthorized biography of [[Queen Paola of Belgium|Queen Paola]], {{lang|nl|Paola, van 'la dolce vita' tot koningin}} (''Paola, from 'la dolce vita' to Queen''). The book contained a statement referring to the existence of a daughter born out of wedlock to King Albert. The Belgian press investigated, and traced Delphine.<ref>{{cite book|last=Conradi |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmZoDwAAQBAJ&q=unauthorized+biography+of+Queen+Paola%2C+Paola%2C+van+%27la+dolce+vita%27+tot+koningin+article&pg=PA115 |title=Great Survivors |date=2018-01-01 |publisher=Alma Books |isbn=978-0-7145-4540-0 |pages=115 |language=en}}</ref> At first, both Boël and her mother refused to comment on the matter, and the palace dismissed Danneels' book as gossip and rumor.

The press interpreted a short passage in the king's 1999 Christmas speech as acknowledgement of his 18-year-long relationship<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/world/europe/belgium-also-awaiting-possible-news-of-a-new-royal.html |title=Belgium Is Also Awaiting Possible News of a New Royal |last=Higgins |first=Andrew |date=19 July 2013 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127164736/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/world/europe/belgium-also-awaiting-possible-news-of-a-new-royal.html |url-status=live}}</ref> with Baroness [[Sybille de Selys Longchamps]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|date=2020-09-11 |title=Belgium ex-king's love child seeks royal rights and titles |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54112797 |access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/my-father-ignores-me-says-belgian-kings-illegitimate-daughter-807809.html|title=My father ignores me, says Belgian King's 'illegitimate daughter'|work=The Independent|first=Robert|last=Wielaard|date=11 April 2008|access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>

Boël gave an interview on 15 May 2005, to the [[France 3]] presenter [[Marc-Olivier Fogiel]] in the broadcast "On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde" (''You Can't Please Everyone'') in which she alleged for the first time that she was King Albert's daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54112797 |title=Belgium ex-king's love child seeks royal rights and titles |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> She claimed that when she and her mother moved to England, when she was 9, Albert (not yet king) wished to divorce his wife and join them. Her mother apparently opposed this because of the political consequences for Albert.<ref name="Aus-Int">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AsRLLdwviM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/-AsRLLdwviM |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live |title=The Secret Princess: King's love child in court battle for recognition |work=[[60 Minutes Australia]] |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=11 October 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She said her mother told her the truth about her parentage when she became 17. In her upcoming interviews, Boël said she made a telephone call to Albert when she was 33 years old asking for help.<ref name="Aus-Int"/> According to her statement, he replied "Never call me again. You are not my daughter," which she said was hurtful.<ref name="Aus-Int"/> Boël added that her efforts to contact her father via telephone and sending letters or through friends and politicians failed.<ref name="Aus-Int"/>

In June 2013, when King Albert lost his immunity to prosecution, Boël summoned him and his children [[Philippe of Belgium|Prince Philippe]] and [[Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este|Princess Astrid]] to appear in court.<ref name=":0" /> She hoped to use [[DNA]] tests to prove that she was the king's daughter. As king, Albert was immune under the law, and Delphine decided to summon her half-siblings too.<ref name="Stroobants">{{cite news|title=En Belgique, la fille adultérine d'Albert II exige une reconnaissance officielle |language=fr |trans-title=In Belgium, the adulterine daughter of Albert II demands official recognition |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2013/06/17/en-belgique-la-fille-adulterine-d-albert-ii-exige-une-reconnaissance-officielle_3431584_3214.html |last=Stroobants |first=Jean-Pierre |publisher=[[Le Monde]] |date=17 June 2013 |access-date=23 June 2013 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143650/https://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2013/06/17/en-belgique-la-fille-adulterine-d-albert-ii-exige-une-reconnaissance-officielle_3431584_3214.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bacchi">{{cite news|title=Belgium: King Albert's 'Disowned Natural Daughter' Delphine Boel Seeks Recognition in Court |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/480189/20130618/belgium-king-albert-daughter-delphine-boel-sues.htm |last=Bacchi |first=Umberto |work=International Business Times |date=18 June 2013 |access-date=23 June 2013 |archive-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622045833/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/480189/20130618/belgium-king-albert-daughter-delphine-boel-sues.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> When the king abdicated on 21 July 2013 his immunity ceased, and Boël relaunched proceedings against him. In March 2017, the court ruled that her claim was unfounded, and her lawyers said she would take the claim to appeal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170328_02804662 |title=Delphine Boël vangt bot bij rechter: koning Albert II is niet haar wettelijke vader |trans-title=Delphine Boël is blunt in court: King Albert II is not her legal father |work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |date=27 March 2017 |access-date=3 August 2017 |language=nl |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143645/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170328_02804662 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 5 November 2018, a court ruling was published which instructed Albert to submit to a DNA test to determine whether he was Boël's biological father. DNA testing is not obligatory in Belgium, but not submitting to it is considered evidence of paternity.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schreuer |first1=Milan |title=Former Belgian King Ordered to Give DNA for Paternity Test |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/world/europe/belgium-king-paternity.html |access-date=6 November 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 November 2018 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143648/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/world/europe/belgium-king-paternity.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2019, Albert appealed in cassation against the verdict, but on 16 May of the same year, the Brussels's Court of Appeals ordered the former king to pay a fine of 5,000 euros a day to Boël for every day he refused to take a DNA-test.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/belgium/breaking-king-albert-of-belgium-ordered-to-pay-5000-euros-per-day-in-paternity-case-122260 |title=BREAKING: King Albert of Belgium ordered to pay 5,000 euros per day in paternity case |last=Dekkers |first=Laura Dekkers (Correspondent Europe) |date=16 May 2019 |website=Royal Central |language=en-GB |access-date=16 May 2019 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143651/https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/belgium/breaking-king-albert-of-belgium-ordered-to-pay-5000-euros-per-day-in-paternity-case-125385/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://brusselstimes.com/belgium/justice/15647/brussels-court-to-rule-on-former-king-albert%E2%80%99s-daily-%E2%82%AC5,000-fine |work=[[The Brussels Times]] |title=Brussels court rules former King Albert must pay daily €5,000 fine |author=T. B. T. |language=en-gb |access-date=16 May 2019 |archive-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516122209/http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/justice/15647/brussels-court-to-rule-on-former-king-albert%E2%80%99s-daily-%E2%82%AC5,000-fine |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/retired-belgian-king-refuses-court-ordered-paternity-test-faces-7500-daily-fine |title=Retired Belgian king refuses court-ordered paternity test, faces $7,500 daily fine |author=News World |newspaper=[[National Post]] |date=9 February 2019 |language=en-CA |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>

On 27 January 2020, the DNA tests showed that King Albert II was the father of Delphine Boël.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/koning-albert-ii-geeft-toe-dat-hij-biologische-vader-is-van-delphine-boel~a82c70ae/ |title=Koning Albert II geeft toe dat hij biologische vader is van Delphine Boël |trans-title=King Albert II admits he is biological father of Delphine Boël |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |date=27 January 2020 |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=nl |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143648/https://myprivacy.dpgmedia.be/consent/?siteKey=Uqxf9TXhjmaG4pbQ&callbackUrl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hln.be%2fprivacy-wall%2faccept-tcf2%3fredirectUri%3d%252fnieuws%252fbinnenland%252fkoning-albert-ii-geeft-toe-dat-hij-biologische-vader-is-van-delphine-boel%257ea82c70ae%252f |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/27/belgiums-king-albert-ii-admits-he-fathered-child-in-1960s-affair |title=Belgium's King Albert II admits he fathered child in 1960s affair |first=Daniel |last=Boffey |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 January 2020 |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143653/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/27/belgiums-king-albert-ii-admits-he-fathered-child-in-1960s-affair |url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2020, she and her children were granted princely titles by the Belgian court of appeals. As she was born [[out of wedlock]], Princess Delphine and her descendants are not in the [[line of succession to the Belgian throne]].<ref>See Art. 85 of the [https://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/index_senate&MENUID=14150&LANG=fr Belgian Constitution].</ref> Although court costs totalling €3.4m were awarded to her on a substantial indemnity basis, she was not granted a royal endowment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54552055 |title=Belgian King Philippe meets half-sister Princess Delphine for the first time |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=16 October 2020 |access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>

She and her half-brother, King Philippe of Belgium, met on 9 October 2020 at the [[Palace of Laeken]].<ref>{{cite web|date=15 October 2020 |title='Warm encounter': Belgium's King Philippe meets Princess Delphine |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/art-culture/135990/warm-encounter-belgiums-king-philippe-meets-princess-delphine-boel-albert-ii-illegitimate-daughter-court-of-saxe-coburg-royal-palace/ |access-date=16 October 2020 |website=[[The Brussels Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 October 2020 |title=Message commun de Sa Majesté le Roi et de Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Delphine |trans-title=Joint message from His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness Princess Delphine |url=https://www.monarchie.be/fr/agenda/message-commun-de-sa-majeste-le-roi-et-de-son-altesse-royale-la-princesse-delphine |access-date=27 October 2020 |website=La Monarchie belge |language=fr}}</ref>
The next day, King Albert II reacted in a press release, rejoicing over the meeting and stating "My wife and I are very happy by the initiative of the King, presage of happier days for all and in particular for Delphine."<ref>''Le Soir'' and ''La Libre Belgique'', 16th octobre 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=16 October 2020 |title=Message de Sa Majesté le Roi Albert II |trans-title=Message from His Majesty King Albert II |url=https://www.monarchie.be/fr/agenda/message-de-sa-majeste-le-roi-albert-ii |access-date=27 October 2020 |website=La Monarchie belge |language=fr}}</ref>

On 25 October 2020, she was received at [[Belvédère Castle]] by her father and his wife, Queen Paola.<ref>{{cite web|date=27 October 2020 |title=Message de Leurs Majestés le Roi Albert II et la Reine Paola et de Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Delphine |trans-title=Message from Their Majesties King Albert II and Queen Paola and Her Royal Highness Princess Delphine |url=https://www.monarchie.be/fr/agenda/message-de-leurs-majestes-le-roi-albert-ii-et-la-reine-paola-et-de-son-altesse-royale-la/ |access-date=27 October 2020 |website=La Monarchie belge |language=fr}}</ref> At the occasion of the [[Belgian National Day]] on 21 July 2021, she and her partner joined the royal family at the military parade for the first time.<ref>Flandersnews.be: [https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2021/07/21/elisabeth-and-delphine-steal-the-show-at-the-military-parade/ Elisabeth, Delphine and the A400M steal the show at the military parade].</ref>

== Titles and styles ==
Delphine and her children have been granted the titles of prince and princess of Belgium with the style of [[Royal Highness]] following a court decision of 1 October 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/delphine-boel-belgian-kings-daughter-wins-right-to-call-herself-princess |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |title=Delphine Boël, Belgian king's daughter wins right to call herself princess |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[Brussels]] |publication-place=London |date=1 October 2020 |access-date=29 October 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002143700/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/delphine-boel-belgian-kings-daughter-wins-right-to-call-herself-princess |url-status=live}}</ref> Earlier, she had been styled as ''[[Jonkheer|Jonkvrouw]]'' Delphine Boël.<ref>{{cite news |title='I would never compare myself to Princess Diana,' says Princess Delphine |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/268388/i-would-never-compare-myself-to-princess-diana-says-princess-delphine |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=The Brussels Times |date=7 August 2022}}</ref>

== Arms ==
{{Infobox emblem wide
| image = Coat of arms of a Princess of Belgium.svg
| notes = As a Princess of Belgium and a descendant of King [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]], the Princess is entitled to use a [[coat of arms]]. Coats of arms used by the Belgian royal family are stipulated in the Royal Decree of King [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Philippe, Koning der Belgen |date=12 July 2019 |title=Koninklijk besluit houdende vaststelling van het wapen van het Koninklijk Huis en van zijn leden |trans-title=Royal Decree establishing the coat of arms of the Royal House and its members |language=nl |url=http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/mopdf/2019/07/19_2.pdf |journal=Moniteur Belge/ Belgisch Staatsblad |access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
| year_adopted = 1 October 2020
| coronet = Princely crown of Belgium
| escutcheon = On a [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]], [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]], a [[Lion (heraldry)|lion]] rampant [[Or (heraldry)|or]], armed and langued [[gules]] ([[Coat of arms of Belgium|Belgium]]), on the shoulder an escutcheon barry of ten sable and or, a [[crancelin]] [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]] ([[House of Wettin|Wettin]]), overall a bordure or.
| supporters = Two lions guardant proper
| motto = {{langx|fr|L'union fait la force}}<br>{{langx|nl|Eendracht maakt macht}}<br>{{langx|de|Einigkeit macht stark}}
| other_elements = The whole is placed on a mantle [[purpure]] with ermine lining, fringes and tassels or and ensigned with the [[Crown (heraldry)|Royal crown of Belgium]].
}}

== Notable published works ==
* {{cite book |last=Boël |first=Delphine |date=8 April 2008 |title=Couper le cordon |trans-title=Cut the Cord |language=fr |location= Paris|publisher=Éditions Luc Pire |isbn=9782507000684}}
* {{cite book |last=Boël |first=Delphine |date=17 February 2017 |title=Never Give Up |language=fr |location=Brussels |publisher=Marque Belge |isbn=9782390150121}}

== Filmography ==
* ''Delphine: My Story'' (2022)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211084611/http://michelbouffioux.skynetblogs.be/post/1263329/delphine-boel-190504 Fogiel's interview] {{in lang|fr}} reported on 19 May 2005 by Michel Bouffioux.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211084621/http://michelbouffioux.skynetblogs.be/post/1282958/delphine-boel-300605 Interview with Sybille de Selys Longchamps] {{in lang|fr}} by Michel Bouffioux, June 2005.

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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.

Early life and career

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Princess Delphine is the daughter of Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps, whose first husband was a Belgian nobleman and industrialist Jonkheer Jacques Boël.[5] They divorced in 1978.[6] Her biological father is Albert II, former King of the Belgians.[7][8]

Delphine attended boarding school in England and Switzerland, and studied at the Chelsea School of Art and Design in London, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts (with honours) in 1990.[9] She has been a guest lecturer at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Antwerp, and the Maastricht Art School.[10]

She is the founding patron of the Princess Delphine of Saxe-Coburg Fund based at Ghent University Hospital, promoting the use of art in health care.[11] The Belgian brewery Struise produced a "Cuvée Delphine" beer for which she designed the artwork for the bottle label. Her sculpture Ageless Love is in the Gerdapark, Sint-Niklaas. In 2021, she designed the decoration of the Lamborghini Art Car.

Personal life

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James "Jim" O'Hare, an American businessman of Irish descent,[12] is Delphine's husband.[1][13][14][15] The couple have two children:

  • Her Royal Highness Princess Joséphine O'Hare, Princess of Belgium (born 17 October 2003).[16][1] Princess Joséphine attended the Notre-Dame des Champs School, a French language school in Uccle, Brussels.[17] In 2022, she enrolled in the Liberal Arts and Sciences course in an unnamed university in the Netherlands.[17] She speaks French and English.[17]
  • His Royal Highness Prince Oscar O'Hare, Prince of Belgium (born 28 April 2008).[16][1] Prince Oscar attends school in Brussels.[17][15][18]

Paternity case

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On 19 October 1999, an 18-year-old Flemish schoolboy,[19] Mario Danneels, published his unauthorized biography of Queen Paola, Paola, van 'la dolce vita' tot koningin (Paola, from 'la dolce vita' to Queen). The book contained a statement referring to the existence of a daughter born out of wedlock to King Albert. The Belgian press investigated, and traced Delphine.[20] At first, both Boël and her mother refused to comment on the matter, and the palace dismissed Danneels' book as gossip and rumor.

The press interpreted a short passage in the king's 1999 Christmas speech as acknowledgement of his 18-year-long relationship[21] with Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps.[22][23]

Boël gave an interview on 15 May 2005, to the France 3 presenter Marc-Olivier Fogiel in the broadcast "On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde" (You Can't Please Everyone) in which she alleged for the first time that she was King Albert's daughter.[24] She claimed that when she and her mother moved to England, when she was 9, Albert (not yet king) wished to divorce his wife and join them. Her mother apparently opposed this because of the political consequences for Albert.[25] She said her mother told her the truth about her parentage when she became 17. In her upcoming interviews, Boël said she made a telephone call to Albert when she was 33 years old asking for help.[25] According to her statement, he replied "Never call me again. You are not my daughter," which she said was hurtful.[25] Boël added that her efforts to contact her father via telephone and sending letters or through friends and politicians failed.[25]

In June 2013, when King Albert lost his immunity to prosecution, Boël summoned him and his children Prince Philippe and Princess Astrid to appear in court.[22] She hoped to use DNA tests to prove that she was the king's daughter. As king, Albert was immune under the law, and Delphine decided to summon her half-siblings too.[26][27] When the king abdicated on 21 July 2013 his immunity ceased, and Boël relaunched proceedings against him. In March 2017, the court ruled that her claim was unfounded, and her lawyers said she would take the claim to appeal.[28]

On 5 November 2018, a court ruling was published which instructed Albert to submit to a DNA test to determine whether he was Boël's biological father. DNA testing is not obligatory in Belgium, but not submitting to it is considered evidence of paternity.[29] In January 2019, Albert appealed in cassation against the verdict, but on 16 May of the same year, the Brussels's Court of Appeals ordered the former king to pay a fine of 5,000 euros a day to Boël for every day he refused to take a DNA-test.[30][31][32]

On 27 January 2020, the DNA tests showed that King Albert II was the father of Delphine Boël.[33][34] In October 2020, she and her children were granted princely titles by the Belgian court of appeals. As she was born out of wedlock, Princess Delphine and her descendants are not in the line of succession to the Belgian throne.[35] Although court costs totalling €3.4m were awarded to her on a substantial indemnity basis, she was not granted a royal endowment.[36]

She and her half-brother, King Philippe of Belgium, met on 9 October 2020 at the Palace of Laeken.[37][38] The next day, King Albert II reacted in a press release, rejoicing over the meeting and stating "My wife and I are very happy by the initiative of the King, presage of happier days for all and in particular for Delphine."[39][40]

On 25 October 2020, she was received at Belvédère Castle by her father and his wife, Queen Paola.[41] At the occasion of the Belgian National Day on 21 July 2021, she and her partner joined the royal family at the military parade for the first time.[42]

Titles and styles

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Delphine and her children have been granted the titles of prince and princess of Belgium with the style of Royal Highness following a court decision of 1 October 2020.[43] Earlier, she had been styled as Jonkvrouw Delphine Boël.[44]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Princess Delphine of Belgium
Notes
As a Princess of Belgium and a descendant of King Leopold I, the Princess is entitled to use a coat of arms. Coats of arms used by the Belgian royal family are stipulated in the Royal Decree of King Philippe in 2019.[45]
Adopted
1 October 2020
Coronet
Princely crown of Belgium
Escutcheon
On a lozenge, sable, a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules (Belgium), on the shoulder an escutcheon barry of ten sable and or, a crancelin vert (Wettin), overall a bordure or.
Supporters
Two lions guardant proper
Motto
French: L'union fait la force
Dutch: Eendracht maakt macht
German: Einigkeit macht stark
Other elements
The whole is placed on a mantle purpure with ermine lining, fringes and tassels or and ensigned with the Royal crown of Belgium.

Notable published works

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  • Boël, Delphine (8 April 2008). Couper le cordon [Cut the Cord] (in French). Paris: Éditions Luc Pire. ISBN 9782507000684.
  • Boël, Delphine (17 February 2017). Never Give Up (in French). Brussels: Marque Belge. ISBN 9782390150121.

Filmography

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  • Delphine: My Story (2022)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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.
  5. ^ "King Albert II's Secret Daughter: How a Teenager Uncovered Belgium's Royal Scandal". Vanity Fair. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. ^ Flanders News (6 October 2020). ""I didn't do it for the money" says Princess Delphine". vrtnws.be. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. ^ "The artist currently known as Princess". The Brussels Times Magazine. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Koning Albert II geeft toe dat hij biologische vader van Delphine Boël is". De Morgen (in Dutch). 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Van Saksen-Coburg Delphine at Guy Pieters Gallery". Guy Pieters Gallery. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg.
  11. ^ Ilse, Jess (16 December 2020). "Princess Delphine of Saxe-Coburg Fund created". Royal Central. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  12. ^ Deridder, Isabella (30 June 2022). "Prinses Delphine vereert Tomorrowland met een bezoek: "Ik ben een heel grote fan van technomuziek"" [Princess Delphine honors Tomorrowland with a visit: "I am a very big fan of techno music"]. HLN (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Belgium - In Royal Circles". CBS News. 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2020. The allegedly out-of-wedlock daughter of Belgium's King Albert II, Delphine Boel, left, poses with her new book along with her American husband, James O'Hare of Texas, in Brussels, April 9, 2008.
  14. ^ Barraclough, Leo (4 April 2022). "Princess Delphine of Belgium Series Goes to HBO Max in Multiple Territories, SBS in Australia (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. Variety sat down with Princess Delphine and her husband Jim O'Hare in Cannes to discuss the documentary.
  15. ^ a b François, Anne (9 August 2020). "Delphine Boël s'exprime pour la première fois après le procès : "J'étais la honte, le linge sale du Roi"" [Delphine Boël speaks for the first time after the trial: "I was the shame, the King's dirty laundry"]. www.vrt.be (in French). Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Koninklijk besluit betreffende de verlening van de titel van Prins of Prinses van België" [Royal Decree conferring the title of Prince or Princess of Belgium] (in Dutch). Moniteur Belge. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. ... de titel van Prins of Prinses van België volgend op hun voornaam en voor zover ze die voeren, hun familienaam en hun dynastieke titel, en voor de andere titels die hun rechtens hun ascendentie toekomen. Hun voornaam wordt voorafgegaan door het predicaat Zijne of Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid. [... the title of Prince or Princess of Belgium following their first name and, insofar as they use it, their family name and their dynastic title, and for the other titles to which they are entitled by right of ascendancy. Their first name is preceded by the predicate His or Her Royal Highness.]
  17. ^ a b c d Dehandschutter, Wim (27 August 2022). "Prinsen en prinsessen zwermen uit in het nieuwe schooljaar: dochter prinses Delphine gaat mensenrechten studeren" [Princes and princesses swarm in the new school year: daughter Princess Delphine is going to study human rights]. HLN (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  18. ^ Riou, Par Thilda (28 January 2020). "Belgique : l'ex-roi Albert II reconnaît sa fille Delphine Boël, née hors-mariage" [Belgium: ex-king Albert II recognizes his daughter Delphine Boël, born out of wedlock]. Marie Claire (in French). Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Lungescu, Oana 27 October 1999 Belgium's royal sex scandal BBC, retrieved 27 April 2010". BBC News. 27 October 1999. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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