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# Albert II, King Emeritus of the Belgians, Queen Paola and Delphine of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pochetnyi-korol-belgii-albert-ii-koroleva-paola-i-delfina-saksen-koburg-gotskaia/
- Published: 2020-10-27T15:33:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:42:03.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Monarchies, Observations, Mores, Society

Albert II, King Emeritus of the Belgians, Queen Paola and Delphine of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Barely two weeks after her first-ever [meeting](https://theparnassian.com/kogda-kakaia-to-neznakomaia-tetia-dobilas-cherez-sud-chtoby-tvoi-otets-ee-udocheril-a-potom-prishla-k-tebe-v-gosti/?ref=theparnassian.com) with her brother, the reigning King Philippe of the Belgians, Delphine has been received in the house of the father who denied her existence for more than 19 years, refused to acknowledge her and ignored his lawful obligations. An awkward business. And naturally it cannot be easy for any of the participants in the family portrait to be in it. The royal family announces that this is the beginning of a new chapter in their history. There are smiles on the faces, but the road to that blissful expression ran through many years of litigation. Left out of the picture are the legal costs, about which it is not clear who will be settling them. But there is one more point: as far as I know, the court has not yet ruled on the appeal and the cassation complaint, so who knows whether this is merely a temporary truce, and whether there will be further meetings between the hapless daughter and her unprincipled papa. In short, as Alla Pugacheva sings, with never a change of expression, noble kings lie