Princess Claire of Belgium
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18 January 1974 Bath, Somerset, England |
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| Spouse | Prince Laurent of Belgium (m. 2003) | ||||
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Princess Louise Prince Nicolas Prince Aymeric |
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| Father | Nicholas John Coombs | ||||
| Mother | Nicole Mertens | ||||
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| Claire Louise |
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Styles of Princess Claire of Belgium |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Madame |
HM King Albert II
HM Queen Paola
HRH Princess Léa
HRH Princess Marie-Christine, Mrs Gourges
HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada
Princess Claire of Belgium (born Claire Louise Coombs in Bath, England, on 18 January 1974) is a land surveyor married to Prince Laurent and the sister-in-law of King Philippe of Belgium.
She is the daughter of Nicholas John Coombs (Bath, 14 April 1938), a British-born businessman, and his Belgian wife (Uccle, 9 April 1971), Nicole Eva Gabrielle Thérèse, née Mertens (Ixelles, 20 June 1951). Her family relocated to Dion-le-Val, near to Brussels in francophone Wallonia in 1977. She has therefore lived in Belgium since age 3.
On 12 April 2003, she married Prince Laurent of Belgium, the second son and youngest child of the then Albert II of Belgium and his wife Queen Paola of Belgium. The civil ceremony was held at Brussels Town Hall, and the religious ceremony at the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula.
The couple have three children:
Unlike her two sisters-in-law, Mathilde and Astrid, Claire has no defined official role.
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