Lee-Z
Heir Apparent
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Delphine summoned both Astrid and Philippe to court, because Albert was immune under the law. I'm not sure if he will continue to have such an immunity post-abdication, but Philippe will have it, potentially making Astrid and Laurent (who she has chosen not to summon) the only ones Delphine can summon.
Whether K.Albet will have immunity after the abdication ia also still a questionmark for the Belgian government apparently.
An expert-commentator at the abdication coerage mentioned that maybe it would be good if there remained some sort of immunity for the actions the king performed being-a-king. When the presenter touched the subject of the lawsuit of Ms.Boël, the expert did not want to speculate on this, but stated that maybe there had to be a difference of immunity for the king-related actions and immunity for the "man"-related actions...
This abdication is very different from the one of K.Leopold 3 and abdication is not (as it is in the Netherlands) completely embedded in all Belgian laws, in other words, there are still some issues left-over that the government has to settle in the future..