Princess Claire of Belgium

Princess Claire
Princess Claire in 2011
BornClaire Louise Coombs[1][2][3]
(1974-01-18) 18 January 1974 (age 50)
Bath, Somerset, England
Spouse
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(m. 2003)​
Issue
FatherNicholas John Coombs
MotherNicole Mertens

Princess Claire of Belgium (born Claire Louise Coombs; 18 January 1974) is a British-Belgian[4] land surveyor. She has been married to Prince Laurent since 2003 and is the sister-in-law of King Philippe of Belgium.

  1. ^ "Giving a name". Diplomatie Belgium. 4 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. Under Belgian law, marriage does not have any effect on the spouses' surnames. You keep the surname that you had before you were married.
  2. ^ "Prins Laurent en zijn gezin hebben nieuwe achternaam, en daar is hij niet zo blij mee" [Prince Laurent and his family have a new last name, and he is not very happy about it]. HLN (in Dutch). 7 January 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. Claire heet nu 'Claire Coombs', haar meisjesnaam. ... [Claire is now called 'Claire Coombs', her maiden name.]
  3. ^ "SERVICE PUBLIC FEDERAL AFFAIRES ETRANGERES, COMMERCE EXTERIEUR ET COOPERATION AU DEVELOPPEMENT" [FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FOREIGN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION]. www.ejustice.just.fgov.be (in French). 14 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. la Princesse Claire Coombs, Princesse de Belgique.
  4. ^ Vaute, Paul (19 December 2002). "Claire, future princesse very British". La Libre (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2018.