Is something happening in the lives of our royals? Then Jo De Poorter (55) is the man who is called to give text and explanation. For years he has focused on the ups and downs of the royal houses, and recently published a book about Queen Elizabeth. “For 30 years I’ve been involved in everything from weddings to funerals,” he says. But who is the man behind the royalty expert? A conversation about his relationship, an unfulfilled wish to have children, his special godchild and the difficult relationship with his father who died early. “Unfortunately, I turned out not to be the son he expected.”
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Jo De Poorter, expert of the royal family: “The British royals have explained to Leopold II how he had to deal with it between the sheets”
