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Jtdirl removed the following:
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which had been added by User:195.144.90.46. Jtdirl stated on that user's talk page, "They are extremely serious allegations for which no evidence has ever been produced." Which is pretty much exactly what the contributor said in the first place! I am not replacing the statement myself, as I hadn't heard about this, but if there were such rumours, and if they were well-known, then they should be mentioned in the article. Articles should be as complete as possible. -- Oliver P. 03:30, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC) I do not see. not a single word. Why Roi Albert II of Belgium voluntarily resigned. Toist. Many associated with the board DFGHZHK their hopes. We are counting on the mercy of His protection and patronage. Toist. From our personal and independent. But especially .... Here. For example. The Queen Mother in the English kingdom ... 195.244.180.59 ( talk) 16:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
... thanks to a 1991 alteration of the law of succession from eldest surviving child to eldest surviving son,
This should be the other way around: now any child, either male or female, can inherit the throne.
Agreed ,the 1991 Act of Succession ,does indeed say the eldest (surviving) child (regardless of gender) ,does ascend the Throne.
Shouldn't this be at Albert II of the Belgians? Mackensen (talk) 14:08, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
All the articles on "Kings of the Peoplefromcountry" are at "Name Ordinal of Country". john k 15:43, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
to Wilfried Derksen. You are overloading the article with frames which are either irrelevant or only slightly relevant at best. It doesn't make easy reading either. -- fdewaele 30 October 2005 16:43 (CET)
The current photo isn't very good at all. His eyes are closed and his mouth wide open. Surely someone can dig up a better one. -- 91.177.29.205 ( talk) 22:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
The article looked better with an image of the King. The coin just doesn't do the article justice.
GoodDay
22:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
ALL pictures of the Belgian royal family are - according to Belgian law - in the public domain and need no reference whatsoever; so please someone put it back!
It is generally aknowledged that: Since the state pays ANY member of the Belgian royal family an annual sum of money IN ORDER TO FULLFILL THEIR PUBLIC FUNCTION all of their pictures are in the public domain as well.There has been a row recently over prince Laurent who wanted to sell some PRIVATE pictures of his family: He was publicly corrected by prime minister Verhofstadt! 81.245.170.52 15:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone change the picture? I don't find it appropriate that the king of Belgium is standing next to George Bush in the main picture.-- Oliver92Tom 19:07, 1 April 2007 (CET)
We are unable to find a picture better than this disgraceful one because the official sources (such as the royal family webiste) have only tiny and quite outdated photos of the king (when posing alone). As for images from elsewhere - we basically don't even need non-public domain photos (i.e. from news agencies etc.), since they wouldn't represent the King in offical attire and pose - which is the only way to represent a monarch in an encyclopaedia. Those that do represent him in such manner are definitely in the PD, as perscribed by Belgian law. Such photographs can only be obtained, I think, from official royal or government sources by writing to them, as mentioned above. -- B. Jankuloski ( talk) 00:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
It was a hot topic on the Dutch wikipedia but it is true : Albert II is a direct descendant of the Sun King!.
This is why:
Albert II of Belgium descends from Albert I of Belgium, son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders,son of Louise-Marie of France, daughter of the last French king : Louis-Philippe of France.
He is a son of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans,son of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, son of Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Orléans. He is a son of "Francoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois" (French Wikipedia article about her : [1]). She is a daughter of Louis XIV of France.
Evilbu 21:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Could someone add information about Albert as a king? This article as it stands now, shows only basic geneological information, which, while informative, doesn't really say anything about him as a king. Morhange 00:03, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
This is not correct. The King DOES have a political role. He's head of state. The Belgian Constitution clearly describes it. In practice, however, the Belgian Government is acting as "The King" as described in the Constitution. I'm not a specialist but The King is still personally involved in politics for the following : LEGISLATIVE : 1. The King gives Royal assent to every law. When the King Baudouin refused to do so for the law legalising abortion, he abdicated for 2 days in order to let the law be signed by the Ministers only. 2. The Kings children have a seat in Belgian Parliament (the Senate). EXECUTIVE : 1. He appoints the "Formateur". This is the perosn in charge of creating a new Government after elections for PArliament have take place. 2. In some cases (when the creation of the Government is difficult - this is very possible in complicated country as Belgium), the King kan also appoint an "Informateur" who will later on assist the King to appoint a "Formateur" with more chances to get a new Government. 3. The Government is formally appointed by the King. In practice, though, it's an agreement between political parties. 4. The King co-signs every executive decision of the Governement JUDICIAL : 1. The King can pardon convicts. It seldom happens, but it does.
Russian special services.
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Disrespectful statements by Russian diplomats.
Separation of playing roles.
Diplomats from the Federal Security Service.
Outspoken anti-royalists.
Diplomats from the Department of Defense.
Quasi pro-pro - royalists.
With their "bearish services".
What i said
By the way .
The King Albert Second.
Retired ... Why?
Student2345678 ( talk) 09:50, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
Recently, Albert fell a broke his hip. Can someone add this to the article (with appropiate citation)? GoodDay 20:48, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Do we really have to give his full name in three nearly identical forms at the very beginning of the article before even saying who he is? Even having to include the Dutch and, especially, German forms at all seems essentially superfluous - the guy is a native French speaker, and his full name is never used by anyone anyway. But certainly having to include all three forms, none of which are ever used, as the first piece of information in the article is genuinely ridiculous. john k ( talk) 18:17, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
I have moved this paragraph to its own section near the bottom of the article, although even that might be too much emphasis for information from this patently unreliable source. (The real story was over the reaction to it, not the allegations themselves.) It does not belong in the "Marriage and family" section by any stretch, since -- even in the unlikely event it was true -- an unacknowledged illegitimate child is not part of the family. 192.31.106.34 ( talk) 00:10, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Given that Delphine Boël has claimed in an interview that she is indeed King Albert's daughter, this article is incorrect to state that she made no comment. 24.214.230.66 ( talk) 00:16, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Are his godparents so significant that they need to be mentioned in the opening paragraph ? Isn't that odd ? -- Beardo ( talk) 19:01, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
I don't think the King and the Duke of Brabant are in line to the former throne of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. During World War I King Albert I and his descendants were removed from the succession in that Duchy. 87.208.3.170 ( talk) 16:56, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
You are correct-the 1917 House Law of the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha specifically excluded those from succession to the (then existant) throne who had fought against the German Empire-so that would exclude both the Belgian and the British royal families, though not the Bulgarian or Portuguese or any of the other branches of the Ducal House. JWULTRABLIZZARD ( talk) 09:35, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
Granted, but it wasn't in 1917. JWULTRABLIZZARD ( talk) 19:02, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
-Yes; and it became doubly moot when the Portuguese branch became extinct in 1920. JWULTRABLIZZARD ( talk) 20:05, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
I have just removed a completely unsourced, massive BLP violation from the "marriage and family" section. Without clear and extremely specific direct sourcing for each fact in that paragraph (and by that I mean every fact must be referenced to a reliable source, and inline references must be given, and those references must be to specific pages of reliable books, newspapers, or websites and not just to the book or newspaper or website in general), this must not be re-added. Our rules for biographies of living persons are very clear in this: no matter how well-known editors think such "facts" are, they absolutely must not remain under any circumstance unless they are clearly sourced, with footnotes attached to the sentences in question, to reliable, disinterested third parties. -- NellieBly ( talk) 11:52, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
After the abdication King Albert II will keep the title King and will not revert to prince. ( http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/binnenland/130702_troonswissel_interessanteweetjes and http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/reax%2Btroonsafstand%2BAlbert%2BII/MV_130703_TA_Orshoven but only available in Dutch) He will only not be king in the constitutional sense. Also, when the King's address was taped, there were four journalists (one for each of the four major networks) invited to attend it. According to them, as stated in the TV journals, the King offered a little drink afterwards and spoke with them after the taping and he himself confirmed to them that, with the example of his father Leopold III in mind, he will keep the title "King" because otherwise it would be too awkward. So no reverting to the lesser title as is for instance the custom in the Netherlands (Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix)-- fdewaele, 3 July 2013, 20:17 (CET)
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@ Helsing90: argues that Delphine Boel is not Albert II's daughter. What say you all? GoodDay ( talk) 21:50, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
In response to a request made at WP:RFPP, I've applied full protection for two days to allow a cooling-off period. It is doubtful this could be extended, however, so the next 48 hours should be constructively used by the involved parties at some serious effort at resolution such as opening a WP:RFC on the paternity question. Chetsford ( talk) 04:29, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
I don't see Albert's full name anywhere in the article. According to a google search, Britannica says his full name is: Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Christian Eugène Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Usually on pages of royalty, at least, somewhere is told the person's full name any middle name(s) listed. 2600:1700:BC01:9B0:544F:E012:2320:EFE4 ( talk) 20:32, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
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