- The daughter of Belgium's former
King Albert II , who he fathered during an affair, said she wants the same royal titles and privileges as his other children. - King Albert II admitted he is the biological father of 52-year-old Delphine Boël after he was court ordered to take a paternity test earlier this year.
- "She doesn't want to be a cut-price child, she wants to have exactly the same privileges, titles, and capacities as her brothers and her sister," Boël's lawyer said on Thursday, according to BBC News.
- Representatives for Albert II declined to comment when contacted by Insider for this article.
Former King Albert II of Belgium admitted in January that he fathered a daughter, Delphine Boël, during an affair 52 years ago.
Boël, who has publicly said the royal is her father since 2005, wasn't publicly acknowledged by Albert until he was court-ordered to take a paternity test.
The 85-year-old would have had to pay €5,000 ($5,586) per day if he failed to take the test, which tested positive.
Now Boël is petitioning the appeals court in Brussels to grant her the same royal titles and privileges as Albert's other children.
"Delphine's position isn't that she wants or doesn't want to be princess," Boël's lawyer, Marc Uyttendaele, said on Thursday, according to BBC News.
"She doesn't want to be a cut-price child, she wants to have exactly the same privileges, titles, and capacities as her brothers and her sister."
Albert and his wife, Queen Paola, have three children together: King Philippe, who succeeded the throne after Albert resigned in 2013, Princess Astrid, and Prince Laurent.
Albert's lawyer, however, said Doël can only be granted the title "princess" by royal decree, not by court, according to the BBC.
Representatives for Albert II declined to comment when contacted by Insider for this article.
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Former King of Belgium Albert II admits he fathered a child during an affair after taking a DNA test