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is there a picture??
Cathérine Bergeyck said:Princess Claire was also present on this event.
This week there was also a gala dinner for the 10th anniversary for the prince Laurent foundation.
Priest Guy Gilbert was one of the persons present, like princess Léa and Edouard Vermeulen (of course ).
Princess Claire wore a long red dress by Natan.
Lila Rose said:I have seen pictures of the galadress , is was sooo beautiful !
Royal Fan said:where Are their 2 sons (thought We would have pics by now)
crisiñaki said:Can you post them please?
Wow! Was he able to get out of that car on his own?purple_platinum said:This is just too cute...
Prince Laurent drove himself in a Smart car to the new house of renewable energies
(photos from sipa press via fotobank)
alejandro_sk said:Hi everybody!
Is Laurent left-handed? If not (and I think he isn't) any idea why he wears his watch on his right wrist?
Thank you!
Alejandro
PreDoc said:It seems he has suddenly put on quite a bit of weight, is he ok
What, they get nearly 300,000 Euros annually and they can't purchase a house? If they can't , then the entire nation of Belgians surely can't either.Cmd said:"Le prince Laurent, qui bénéficie d'une dotation annuelle de 295.000 euros, a du mal à noueur les deux bouts. Son conseiller financier lui en aurait fait la remarque. Il lui aurait dit qu'il dépensait trop.
Le couple princier bénéficie pour le moment d'une aide temporaire et la princesse Claire puiserait dans ses économies. Le prince aimerait engager une nurse à temps plein pour ses deux jumeaux. Mais il ne peut pas financièrement, ajoutent les journaux. Le couple, qui dispose de la Villa Clémentine prêtée par l'Etat belge, s'y sent à l'étroit avec ses trois enfants. Mais acheter une maison coûterait trop cher. " Article from www.7sur7.be
Basically the article says they are spending above their budgets. Apparently they can't afford to purchase a house. Even with 3 kids, Claire income, I don't think they should have ANY problems taking into account the monthly 24 583 EUR they receive from the State !
Welcome to the REAL world !!!
Marie-Caroline said:Do not forget the 300,000 euros per year is not only Laurent's 'salary' but with this dotation he has to run his office and cover all his professional expenses: all his staff etc. If you take all this into account I do honestly not think this is an awful lot of money. But I am sure the belgian, and perhaps even more so the flemish press, will enjoy to criticise once again.... (I am flemish myself)