Prince Laurents role in the Royal family

[principessa]

Refering to the thread of the 80th birthday of HM Queen Fabiola of the Belgians (Fabiola turns 80!) and the absence of Prince Laurent I have some questions:

Has the relationship to the rest of the family changed since he get married to Claire and get father of three absolutely sweet children? Has his behavior in his youth anything to do, that he would be a illegitimate children of Paola? And how is the relation to his two full siblings and his half-sister?

[Marengo]

I am not quite sure actually. It seems Claire and the children had a good effect on Laurent, but he stil have his own ways. Of course he suffered from depressions for a while (maybe stil does), which also has an effect on mood changes and such.

It seems he is at least more able to put on a good face every now and than, but still he seems very much an outsider of the family. Claire looks to me as some sort of peacekeeper between husband and his family. I don't think laurent has a good relationship ith any of his parents or siblings though. But maybe other posters know more.