Translation:
Prince Laurent on a diet
It's been a month since he dined at his favorite Italian restaurant.
It seems the initiative came from princess Claire: before the coming of hot days and the next holidays, before putting on the swimsuits, the prince should loose some weight!
The Flemish press confirms she put him on a diet. According to our Northern collegues, the rebel of the royal family should lose 10 to 15 kilos. He already lost quite a bit of weight before his mariage, two years ago, but his problem is his love for the good Italian cuisine that makes him turn daily (!) to pasta and this way the weight that was lost is immediately put on again.
So Claire, who has the luck not to have the slightest weightproblems, has taken her husband to see a slimming specialist. The visit revealed that his tummy has to do with him not being too keen on physical efforts and having a high bloodpressure. A dieting program has been made up for him and now Laurent will have to nibble an appel at noon, grilled fish or meat and steamed vegetables in the evening, instead of his beloved pasta. An to go with this: still water. The prince won't be overjoyed by all this, but what man will go through to please his wife... But in Schaarbeek some people are sad. A few steps away from his animal foundation, is the Italian restaurant Le Stelle where he usually takes lunch (he also gave his engagement dinner there), it's been more than a month since his last visit. He used to go there at least once a week and always ordered the same: zite al ragu, a kind of macaroni with meat and tomato sauce. Never any wine, in spite of an excellent wine card, that even proposes Tota of Piemont, a variety botteled by a cousin of queen Paola! The prince only drank his arancina, a kind of lemonade. Good luck monseigneur!