Duc_et_Pair
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Maybe they re found happiness but it seems like there were still problems. Albert knew that Delphine was his child.. he must have known that the scandal might one day become more public.. and to just run away from it was not a good move. He and Paola should have agreed that with their marriage mended, if the issue of his daughter came up, Alb would acknowledge that he had been at fault and had a child and that he would accept her. Tehir marriage went through some very bad times, but we've been told that they got over it and had found happiness again.. so they should have been able to accept what had happened in the past...
According the author Mario Danneels (who revealed Delphine to the public) it seems the core of Delphine's problem is Queen Paola. This Italian Donna has her strong pride. "No one plays with the feet of a Ruffo di Calabria!" A formal recognition of Delphine would hit old wounds open and expose her as the betrayed lady, whom has to endure the fruit of her husband's infidelity. A position unacceptable for her. She has her pride. Basta. Mario Danneels claimed Princess Paola agreed with Prince Albert having informal contacts but no more than that. (This indeed did happen. Albert regularly visited Delphine).
When Mario Danneels revealed Delphine, the royal couple more or less acknowledged this in the King's Christmass Address, hoping that this old ghost from the past would fade away. But when Delphine broke the status quo by going full public and insisting on a public recognition by King Albert, it seems it was Queen Paola having the attitude: "Over my dead body! I have my pride. I am the Queen. No way!" Mario Danneels claims that the exhausting blockade to recognize Delphine originates in Queen Paola's pride and it enraged her that this über-wealthy kid, born with sixteen silver spoons in her mouth, is ripping open wound after open wound.
So far the theory of Mario Danneels.
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