Prince Laurent & Princess Claire - News & Pictures part 4

[iceflower]

You are most welcome, stephanievl and sgl

I'm also sure that the pin is related to the event, if
you look at the following additional pics you'll see that
it's the same heart that's used in the big "télévie" logo.


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 ** Pic 5 **

[sgl]

Princess Claire and Prince Laurent attended the birthday party for Peter van Vollenhoven in Utrecht on 28 April 2009:

Troonopvolgers!: Verjaardagsfeest Pieter van Vollenhoven

(scroll down to see photos)

[iceflower]

Prince Laurent of Belgium visits the Moroccan Embassy in
Brussels where he had a brief contact with students of
the Joan of Arc project, Brussels, Belgium, May 17, 2009.


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** belga gallery *

[iceflower]

Prince Laurent and Princess Claire with former cycling champion Eddy
Merckx who got a certificate and a piece of art from the African museum
of Tervuren, Tuesday 26 May 2009, in Tervuren, during a special tribute
at the team presentation of the participants to the Belgian cycling tour
which starts tomorrow.


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** belga gallery **

[iceflower]

Princess Claire attends an event organized for the 10th
anniversary of the Institute of the Walloon cultural
heritage at the castle of the lake of Genval, Belgium,
June 18, 2009.


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 ** Pic 5 **

[sgl]

Is the Institute a patronage for Princess Claire, or is this her first visit?

[LadyLeana]

Prince Laurent visited Rock Werchter, the biggest summer festival of Belgium. Upon his return, he found a police car which had somehow ended up in the ditch. He helped to push the car out.
See here for a video clip.

[sgl]

What a helpful guy! I liked seeing Laurent helping to move the car. He seems very down to earth and kind.

[iceflower]

Belgium's Prince Laurent collects the first grapes
at the Soien wineyard in Overijse July 10, 2009.

He would have ruined his clothes if he had collected
more that just the first grapes


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 **

[sgl]

What a beautiful vineyard! I am glad to hear that he didn't ruin his clothes!

[iceflower]

Prince Laurent and Princess Claire pictured during the concert
of Madonna at the Werchter Boutique festival, Saturday 11 July
2009, in Werchter, Belgium.


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 **

[Tilla]

IMHO, Price Laurent looks very young with these spectacles.

[sgl]

He does look young with those glasses. They suit his personality, IMO. Who is the man that is with the prince and princess in the third photo?

[iceflower]

Originally Posted by sgl

He does look young with those glasses. They suit his personality, IMO. Who is the man that is with the prince and princess in the third photo?

I've checked the caption of that pic again, but there was no
information given, did you regocnize him as someone you had
seen before?

Here are some additional pics of Laurent at the vineyard.
Pic 1 and 2 are two good shots of him:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 **

[sgl]

He looks kind of familiar to me, but I can't place him. I thought that maybe he was an advisor, or friend of Laurent's.

[mktv2000]

There is news that Prince Laurent has been admitted to the hospital. No real details yet - the only additional news I could find was in Dutch. I translated it online (not great) but in reading that it seemed like there wasn't much more news. I hope the Prince is alright.

Royal Examiner - Prince Laurent enters hospital

[lucien]

Originally Posted by sgl

He does look young with those glasses. They suit his personality, IMO. Who is the man that is with the prince and princess in the third photo?

The organizer of the concert.

[LadyLeana]

He has a pneumonia, according to some news sites. He was on a holiday in Sardinia, with friends, when he got a fever and went into the hospital. He was brought back to Belgium because he wished to be treated in a Belgian hospital.
Possibly he was contaminated by his daughter, Princess Louise.

See article in French here

[dazzling]

Here is another article on P.Laurent scroll down

it said

Prince Laurent of Belgium has been admitted to the hospital for an undisclosed health problem. While on vacation in Sardinia the Prince was admitted to a local hospital. He asked to be transferred to his home country and that apparently was done quickly. The Prince is now currently being treated in Belgium... - Article

[Marengo]

Interestingly enough the article also said that the prince refused to visit his parents at their holiday adress in VFrance, as the relations between them are 'not optimal'.
I hope the prince will recover soon!