MARG
Imperial Majesty
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As to those pointing out that Laurent is an adult, you are of course correct. However, the discussion about his relationship with his parents is an offshoot of his having been taken ill, hospitalised and put in an induced coma during which time there was no contact from his parents.I think putting out this statement and referring to Laurent as her most "vulnerable" child is going to lead to even more speculation about his condition than if they simply returned to Belgium to visit a son in hospital.
That he is not a perfect son is irrelevant to this situation. However, the length of his coma and the silence from his parents is what has raised more than a few eyebrows and fuelled the fire of gossip and speculation as to what type of parents he has. Had they presented a united front with their other children and returned home just to support the family no one would have seen any problem.
Did not King Albert abdicate in a swirl of adverse publicity regarding, among other things, his private life? Did he not throw his toys out of the cot over his stipend from the goverment and boycott any official events? This when he has a considerable private fortune?
These circumstances lead people to wonder if they ever knew the real King Albert who enjoyed a charmed life from the media until unsavoury information came to light. This apparent indifference to the growing health crisis with his youngest son has made people look at both he and his wife, Queen Paola, in a whole new way.
The latest attempt to shift some sort of blame or culpability to the new King, their own eldest son, is really ugly as are the unsubtle hints in Paola's news releases that Laurent is in some way mentally "vulnerable". He was in a coma which sort of nixes that argument.
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