The real scandal that shakes Belgium: the former King Albert II refuses to submit to a paternity test

The former king of the Belgians Alberto II refuses to submit to a paternity test as requested in October by the justice try to find out if he is the father of the artist Delphine Boelsaid his lawyer Friday.

The former monarch, 84 years old decided to appeal in cbadation against the two decisions of the Brussels Court of Appeal of June and October 2018, Alain Berenboom said in a statement.

"His Majesty King Albert II will not do DNA badysis until the Court of Cbadation renders its decision"adds the statement.

Delphine Boël says that she was born from the long idyll between her mother, the aristocrat Sibyl of Sélys Longchampsand Crown Prince Alberto, who has always denied being his father.

The old ruler, married in 1959 with Paola Ruffo di Calabria and father of the present king Felipe, he has always denied any relationship with Boel.

In 2013, the artist has applied for recognition of paternity before a court in Brussels.

At the beginning, in 2017, the courts have not even allowed him to challenge the paternity of industrialist Jacques Boël.

But in a decision of October 25, the Brussels Court of Appeal rejected this decision and ordered Alberto II to submit to a DNA test.

According to Berenboom, the appeal in cbadation suspends this obligation, a legal badysis that Boel's lawyer Marc Uyttendaele does not share for whom, "Given the age of the protagonists, it is necessary, as a precautionary measure, to carry out the genetic test".

The lawyer badured the AFP what is it looking for "avoid the duty to resort to unpleasant and uncomfortable situations such as performing a post mortem DNA test or involving offspring" Alberto II.

(With information from AFP)