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I mean, little Marius in Norway is only the elder half-brother of the future queen Ingrid, he is not Haakon's son. But how would the world react if Marius actually was the son of Haakon and Mette-Marit, but born out of wedlock, so his baby sister would be the heiress and not him, even though his parents married later? That would pose so many problems! There are constitutions which allow for a later legitimization of children in case their parents married (like Monaco) and others who don't (Britain). I'm not sure about Luxemburg but wouldn't wonder if it was like in Britain or the former German states.
Luxembourg does not allow for re-legitmatizing children. Monaco is the only state that does that.
I don't think you can compare this to Norway. If Louis was the oldest this might have played out differently. But Gabriel would be 4th in line and by the time he is old enough to understand the situation he would probably be a lot lower down (Gulluimane and Felix would likely have children by that point). If anything this situation is comparable to Prince Friso of the Netherlands. His daughters lost there rights because of the actions of there parents but since they would have been 4th (and then went down after Princess Alexia was born) in didn't really seem to matter. In addition there was a younger brother (Prince Constjain = Prince Felix and Prince Sebestian) and cousins (Princess Margarit and children = Prince Gulluimane and children). So there wasn't a huge out cry over a very hypothetical situation.
Another point if Gabriel was a girl this would all be a moot point because she couldn't succed anyways.