King Albert, Filip’s father, acknowledged at the beginning of 2020 after years of legal battle that he is Delphine’s biological father. Since October that year, she can call herself princess of Belgium. Shortly afterwards, Filip invited her for a meeting.
Delphine thought it was very exciting beforehand, but it turned out to be a very pleasant lunch. “It was fantastic, it was great fun. I was positively surprised,” she recalls. “He’s king, of course, so he can’t be completely relaxed, but he seemed to be with me. I think he was very sincere.”
nice ending
Afterwards she was also invited by Albert and his wife Paola. That was also a nice experience. “The energy was so good. We are very similar.” Although the relationship between the two has not fully recovered, they are on the right track. “It’s a very nice ending to a story.”
Delphine learned at the age of 17 that Albert, whom she then knew as a close friend of her mother, is her biological father. For years she fought a legal battle for recognition, but he denied that he was her biological father until two years ago.