Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium
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Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (Marie-Christine Daphné Astrid Elisabeth Léopoldine, born 6 February 1951 in Laeken, Belgium) is a member of the Belgian royal family and a half-sister of King Albert II of the Belgians. Her father was King Leopold III of the Belgians, and her mother was his morganatic second wife, the former Lilian Baels. Although the former Miss Baels was not given the style of Her Majesty with the prefix of Queen of Belgium, she and her children, including Marie-Christine, received the style of Royal Highness and Prince/Princess of Belgium. Her godparents were King Baudouin I of Belgium and Marie-Christine de Braganca.
On May 9, 1962, she received her First Holy Communion and Confirmation, officiated by Bishop Fulton Sheen.[1]
Her first marriage, to Paul Drucker (1937-2008) in 1981, lasted 40 days (though they weren't formally divorced till 1985); she subsequently married Jean-Paul Gourges in 1989. She is a quite controversial person in Belgium. The princess in the past claimed to have been raped as a teenager and beaten by her mother. She has lived a jet set life but in recent years has said she spent away her entire inheritance. In 2002, when her mother died, she did not attend the funeral.On April 17, 2007 in a rare interview she said “abolishing the monarchy might prove to be of benefit to Belgium”.[citation needed]
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