That makes it 7 Royal ladies who are now pregnant
Buitenechtelijke zoon prins Carlos jr. wil een Bourbon de Parme worden | ThePostOnline
The illegitimate son of the Duke of Parma has applied to use the Bourbon-Parma last name. Though despite what the article says, he cannot become the new Duke of Parma.
From the beginning on there was a thick fog around the pregnancy of Brigitte Klynstra. The Prince communicated that it was "an independent decision by Ms Klynstra to become a mother" (??). And in the article the Prince said that it brings memories back to "a very hurtful time". The mystery only gets bigger. There were rumours about IVF. Anyway, Hugo has a very big chance to become a Prince de Bourbon de Parme indeed. Any biological child with a known and proven father can request to get the surname from the father. This request can be made from the age of 18 until the age of 22 is reached (Civic Code). When no request is made in that period, the existing surname (here it is Klynstra) is considered unchangeable and permanent. Nobility is hereditary, also for children born outside marriage (Nobility Act). When the surname is allowed to the biological son, the title of Prince can not be debued.
And in the article the Prince said that it brings memories back to "a very hurtful time".
Has the prince other children?
I hope the actual Duke of Parma will not have more problems with Prince Sixte , his Uncle
What a coincidence given our discussion on the subject just a few days ago. Thank you, btw, for your kind explanations about it.
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I was thinking the same thing!
It's a terrible thing for a person when his parent refuses to recognize him. Whatever sorrowful time Carlos went through, I'm wondering what sorrows Hugo has gone through.
I was thinking the same thing!
It's a terrible thing for a person when his parent refuses to recognize him. Whatever sorrowful time Carlos went through, I'm wondering what sorrows Hugo has gone through.
Actually the parent did recognize him, even before he was born, but both parents agreed there would be no legal recognition, no paternity, no relationship, no cohabitation.
This happens quite often. Think about all those donors who help others to get a baby but have the condition that they do not want to establish any form of parenthood at all. Think about all the IVF-donors who can be traced back (in the past they were guarenteed anonimity but children can request to know who the donor is). Knowing who the natural father is, that is not the same as having legal paternity, having the surname, etc. The cases of Delphine Boël (Belgium) and Hugo Klynstra (Netherlands) show it.
That makes it quite generous by the late Prince Bernhard (possibly his four legal daughters have another opinion on that...) that his two extramarital daughters Alicia de Bielefelde and Alexia Lejeune-Grinda equally shared in his inheritance, together with their sisters Beatrix, Irene, Margriet and Christina. Had Prince Bernhard taken his secret into his grave, his two extramarital daughter probably had to fight for years in Courts to claim a part of Prince Bernhard's inheritance.
Family Law is extremely complicated. Not only children have rights. Also someone as Prince Carlos and Brigitte Klynstra, whom apparently made a certain choice 22 years ago, have certain rights based on their perfectly legal choice to settle it the way they did. Already before Hugo was born, it was known that Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme was his father, but also back then it was communicated that it was "an independent decision by Ms Klynstra to become a mother". And: "There is no legal familial relationship with mother and child and it is excluded that there will be ever such a relationship". Rumours went that Ms Klynstra (*1958), a much older friend of the Prince (*1970) was "helped" to become a mother. At the time she was already nearly 40 or something while the Prince was only 28 or something.
So from what I am understanding the Duke recognized and accepted him, he spent Christmas with nothing sides of his family tree, he is a royal on his own right without his father but still wants to be called a Bourbon-Parme?
Lord this is crazy