Prince Laurent of Belgium

Prince Laurent
Prince Laurent in 2021
Born	(1963-10-19) 19 October 1963 (age 60) Belvédère Château, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Spouse	Claire Coombs ​ (m. 2003)​
Issue	Princess Louise Prince Nicolas Prince Aymeric
Names French: Laurent Benoît Baudouin Marie Dutch: Laurens Benedikt Boudewijn Maria German: Laurentius Benedikt Balduin Maria
House	Belgium
Father	Albert II of Belgium
Mother	Paola Ruffo di Calabria

Belgian royal family
The King The Queen The Duchess of Brabant Prince Gabriel Prince Emmanuel Princess Eléonore
King Albert II Queen Paola Princess Astrid Prince Lorenz Prince Amedeo Princess Elisabetta Princess Maria Laura Prince Joachim Princess Luisa Maria Princess Laetitia Maria Prince Laurent Princess Claire Princess Louise Prince Nicolas Prince Aymeric Princess Delphine Princess Joséphine Prince Oscar
Princess Léa Princess Marie-Christine, Mrs Gourges Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada
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Prince Laurent of Belgium (French: Laurent Benoît Baudouin Marie, Dutch: Laurens Benedikt Boudewijn Maria; born 19 October 1963) is the second son and youngest child of King Albert II and Queen Paola, and younger brother of King Philippe. Currently, he is 13th in the Belgian line of succession. He had been as high as third in line, but the constitution was amended in 1991 to extend an equal right of succession to women, putting him behind his sister, Princess Astrid, and her descendants.

Laurent's involvement with animal welfare and the environment, together with a relative lack of interest in protocol, has caused him to be dubbed by elements of the popular Belgian press as écolo-gaffeur (the eco-blunderer).