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  Prince of Belgium Laurent
Prince Laurent was born on October 19, 1963 and is the youngest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola.
Prince Laurent's current activities are mainly focused on the environment and the animal welfare.
He is also President of the Prince Laurent Foundation for the Welfare of Domestic and Wild Animals, created in 1995 to improve relations between mankind and animals in general.
worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I15534@   (397 words)

  
 Albert II of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert II, King of the Belgians (Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Chrétien Eugène Marie de Belgique, born Laeken, Belgium, June 6, 1934), is a European constitutional monarch and the current King of the Belgians.
Prince Albert was sent to the Swiss private school Institut Le Rosey for his pre-university education.
She is the wife of His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, whom she married in 1984 and who was created a Prince of Belgium in 1995.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium   (616 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Belgium's royal 'enfant terrible' to wed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Belgium's Prince Laurent, known as the enfant terrible of the royal family, is to marry his British-born girlfriend Claire Coombs in April.
Prince Laurent, who lists among his interests fast cars and the protection of nature and animals, is the youngest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola.
The prince, the second of three children, is eighth in line to the throne, after his elder brother Philippe, heir to the throne, and his daughter Elisabeth, as well as his sister Astrid and her children.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/2591885.stm   (370 words)

  
 Monarchie - Prince Laurent
Prince Laurent was born on 19 October 1963 and is the youngest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola.
Prince Laurent is also the Chairman of the Foundation, named after him, for the wellbeing of domestic and wild animals.
Prince Laurent was promoted to the rank of Captain of the Belgian Navy on June 26th 2004.
www.monarchie.be /en/family/laurent/cv.html   (589 words)

  
 Prince Laurent of Belgium Signs On as a New Ambassador for International Non-Profit, Future Harvest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Prince Laurent is forward-looking in his approach to the environment and will bring significant insight and influence to Future Harvest's efforts to build awareness and support for food and environmental research for a world with less poverty, a healthier human family, well-nourished children, and a better environment.
Prince Laurent is president of Belgium's Royal Institute for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and the Promotion of Clean Technologies, which he helped to establish in 1994.
The Prince is the youngest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola.
www.futureharvest.org /news/laurent.shtml   (513 words)

  
 Royal wedding - Prince Laurent
Younger son of King Albert II, King of the Belgians, and of Queen Paola, Prince Laurent was born in Brussels on 19 October 1963.
In 1994, Prince Laurent became President of a nonprofit association, the purpose of which is to take every initiative in the field of conservation and the promotion of clean technologies, taking into account, in particular, economic and social factors.
Prince Laurent is Senator of Law and swore the constitutional oath on 31 May 2000.
www.monarchie.be /laurentclaire/en/general/laurent.html   (553 words)

  
 Royal News: April 2003
Prince Gero was the youngest son of Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony, third son of the last king of Saxony Friedrich August III, and Princess Sophie of Luxemburg.
At 3 pm Prince Lorenz of Belgium Archduke of Austria-Este accompanied by three of his children, Maria-Laura, Joachim and Luisa-Maria, arrived at the townhall of Brussels to give notice of the birth of his youngest daughter who was born on April 23.
Prince Harry of Wales beat his brother William and was chosen the favourite young royal in a survey of Mizz Magazine among girls aged 10 to 14.
www.nettyroyal.nl /newsapr03.html   (3106 words)

  
 Belgian prince dedicates environment projects in Morocco; educating public on environment - economic links
Prince Laurent of Belgium chaired Friday the inauguration ceremony of green kiosks in Meknes aimed to reinforcing the national environment protection policy.
Prince Laurent, chairman of the Royal Institution of Sustained Management of Natural Resources and the Promotion of Pollution-free Energies, said he is "pleased to be associated to an environmental project in Morocco.
Prince Laurent underlined that the initiative of green kiosks and "la caravane verte" is an important means to restore favorable behaviors and ethics vis-a-vis the sustained management of environment.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/030825/2003082526.html   (390 words)

  
 Future Harvest - Ambassadors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
His Royal Highness Prince Laurent of Belgium is an ardent advocate of sustainable management of the environment and a strong supporter of animal welfare.
Prince Laurent is also president of the Prince Laurent Foundation for the Welfare of Domestic and Wild Animals, created in 1995 to improve relations between humankind and the animal world.
In the royal tradition, Prince Laurent trained as an officer in the Belgium Navy and became a skilled combat diver and helicopter pilot.
www.futureharvest.org /ambassadors/index.shtml   (2658 words)

  
 Expatica's Belgian news in English: Prince calms royal godfather furore
BRUSSELS - Belgium's Prince Laurent on Tuesday moved to avoid a potentially damaging diplomatic row between his country and Iran, that was linked to his possible choice of a godfather for his newly born daughter.
Rumours were circulating earlier this week that Laurent night choose the son of the former Shah of Iran to be his daughter Louise's godfather.
“Prince Laurent is indeed considering the possibility of choosing a Muslim godparent for his daughter but as the date of the baptism has not even been set yet he has made no firm choice.
www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=4581   (270 words)

  
 UPI Hears ... - (United Press International)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A royal furor is simmering in Belgium, where Prince Laurent, youngest son of King Albert II, has thrown the government into turmoil by wanting to name close friend Reza Pahlavi as godfather "of the heart" to his daughter Princess Louise.
Prince Laurent is eighth in line to the throne, and his daughter is 11th in the line of succession.
Prince Laurent would have to seek dispensation from the Catholic Church to name Reza, because under Catholic canon law the godfather must be Catholic.
www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040817-105629-4320r.htm   (632 words)

  
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Prince GABRIEL Baudouin Charles Marie of Belgium was born in Anderlecht at 1.14 a.m..
Prince Johan-Friso of the Netherlands renounced his rights to the Dutch throne to marry his fiancee Mabel Wisse Smit who did not tell the whole truth about a past relationship to a Dutch gangster.
Prince Laurent of Belgium is one of her godparents.
www.angelfire.com /de3/verenasroyalty2003/News.html   (1679 words)

  
 Belgian royals welcome new addition
Prince Laurent of Belgium and his British-born wife Princess Claire are celebrating the birth of their first child, a baby girl, the royal palace has announced.
Belgium's royal family has seen a year of new additions, welcoming Prince Gabriel, son of Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde, last August.
Prince Laurent, 40, and 30-year-old Claire Coombs wed last April, and the princess' pregnancy was confirmed five months later.
www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2004/02/09/princessclaire   (201 words)

  
 Wedding of Prince Laurent of Belgium & Claire Coombs 2003 - The Royal Forums
There's a possibility of the attendance of Prince Jean, Princess Marie-Astrid and Princess Margaretha.
The prestigious designer was responsible for the wedding dresses of both Princess Mathilde and Princess Laurentien, the wife of Prince Constantine of the Netherlands.
Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and Marie Chantal Miller 1995
www.theroyalforums.com /forums/f31/wedding-prince-laurent-belgium-claire-coombs-2003-a-260.html   (878 words)

  
 Almanach de gotha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
HIRH Archduke Jakob-Maximilian of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Son of HIRH Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and HIRH Archduchess Katharina of Austria
HRH Princess Elisabeth, Thérèse, Marie, Hélène of Belgium, Daughter of HRH Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant and HRH Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium.
HSH Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Son of HSH Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and HSH Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein
www.almanachdegotha.com /site/births.htm   (909 words)

  
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Prince Laurent visited the auction hall, where he was introduced to the auction system, ecological cultivation and research activities in market gardening.
Next the Prince was introduced to research activities in market gardening, such as variety research, storage tests and taste research.
Prince Laurent, however, also insisted on visiting the work floor of the auction.
www.mechelseveilingen.be /EN/News_News_Detail.asp?id=304   (377 words)

  
 All about Royalty - Belgium - The engagement of Laurent and Claire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
At 19 december 2002, the engagement of Prince Laurent of Belgium with Claire Coombs is announced.
The governement of Belgium had a special meeting that day, to give official permission for the marriage.
Therefor prince Laurent will not loose his rights to the trone, however he is nr 8 in line, and when the baby of princess Astrid is born in may, he will step back further.
www.geocities.com /marliesq/bel_laur_verloving.htm   (113 words)

  
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Bastien is one of the pioneers in introducing the concept of alternative methods in Belgium, and is Head of the Belgian Platform for Alternative Methods and Executive Director of the Prince Laurent Foundation.
He is one of the founders and directors of the Prince Laurent Foundation and vice-chairman of the Belgian Platform for Alternative Methods.
A parallel can be drawn between the evolution of animal welfare in Belgium and in Europe on the one hand, and the effects that this evolution has had or could have had in the teaching of some courses on the other hand.
www.interniche.org /BioAbstr.doc   (9246 words)

  
 Princess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Surrounded by European royalty, Belgium's Prince Laurent married English-born commoner Claire Coombs in an elaborate state ceremony Saturday.
The prince was visibly nervous at a civil ceremony earlier in the day, offering 'I do' even before Brussels Mayor Freddy Thielemans finished saying the vows.
Laurent, the youngest son of King Albert and Queen Paola and eighth in line to the Belgian throne, and Coombs announced their engagement in December after months of speculation about the royal romance in the Belgian media.
www.umaine.edu /set/svt/Princess.htm   (298 words)

  
 The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George Delegation of Great Britain and Ireland
Senior Constantinian knight, HRH Prince Laurent of Belgium, marries British-born Claire Coombs.
His Royal Highness Prince Laurent (right), youngest son of Their Majesties King Albert II and Queen Paola of the Belgians, married British-born Miss Claire Coombs in a ceremony at Brussels's Saint Michael and Gudula Cathedral.
Prince Laurent was invested as a Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Constantinian Order in January 1994.
www.constantinian.org.uk /do-intact-2003.htm   (569 words)

  
 Belgian delegation shows interest in recycling, waste management, eco-labelling projects with Jordan
Gosuin is part of a delegation headed by HRH Prince Laurent of Belgium, which arrived in Amman for a three-day working visit.
On Monday, His Majesty King Abdullah received Prince Laurent and Gosuin for talks on ways to enhance investment prospects between the two countries, in light of the economic reforms currently underway.
Prince Laurent, who is president of Belgium's Royal Institute for the Sustainable Development and Management of Natural Resources and Promotion of Clean Technologies, stressed the country's readiness to provide Jordan with technical assistance necessary to found an attractive environment for investment in the country.
www.jordanembassyus.org /02132001003.htm   (947 words)

  
 boys clothing: Belgian royalty -- Albert II's children
Prince Laurent, the younger boy, is even in long pants--rather American looking jeans.
Prince Philippe, who lived as a bachelor for many years, thrilled Belgians when he mairred Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, a Belgian of nobel desent, in 1999.
Princess of Belgium, she also became Archduchess of Austria-Este on marrying Archduke Lorenz of Austria in September 1984, who is also now, Prince of Belgium.
histclo.com /royal/bel/a2/a2-kid.htm   (856 words)

  
 PRINCE LAURENT OF BELGIUM WEDS BRITISH-BORN CLAIRE COOMBS
Prince Laurent donned sunglasses as he and his bride Claire Coombs emerged from the civil ceremony to greet the world for the first time as husband and wife
Belgium's royal family has welcomed a new princess into the fold, with the marriage of 39-year-old Prince Laurent to British-born land surveyor Claire Coombs in Brussels on Saturday.
Blessed as husband and wife, Prince Laurent, dressed in full Naval Commander regalia, and his princess made their way back down the 110-metre red carpet to greet well-wishers waiting outside.
www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2003/04/14/belgianwedding   (422 words)

  
 Prince Wenzeslaus Of Liechtenstein - Royal Blue Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
As he is no son of the reigning prince no engagement will be announced by the princely court I think.
I spoke shortly to him on April 11, 2003 in Brussels at the pre-wedding concert for Prince Laurent of Belgium and his almost wife Claire.
Philipp is a brother of reigning Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein.
forums.rbhq.net /showthread.php?t=2739   (1588 words)

  
 EUROPA - Research - Alternative testing methods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In the presence of H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium, President of the Prince Laurent Foundation for Animal Welfare
In the presence of H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium,
Prince Laurent Foundation for the welfare of domestic and wild animals: http://www.fondation-prince-laurent.be
europa.eu.int /comm/research/press/2004/pr1706en.cfm   (1241 words)

  
 The University of Sydney News - 14 December 2001 - The Publications Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Dr McGreevy's research into "crib-biting" by horses has been recognised by the Prince Laurent Foundation of Belgium with a research prize that is granted every two years by HRH Prince Laurent.
He hopes that dietary treatments will be found to reduce the incidence and severity of oral stereotypies – the repetitive movements seen in horses with the condition – opening up new, humane avenues of treatment and prevention.
Dr McGreevy sees the Prince Laurent prize as a victory for animal welfare, a cause often overshadowed by research and innovation aimed at the lucrative production sector.
www.usyd.edu.au /publications/news/011214News/1412_horse.html   (514 words)

  
 IPGRI - Press Pelease July 2001
More than 100 scientists are gathering in Leuven, Belgium to attend an international meeting focused on efforts to improve the banana.
INIBAP is one programme of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), a member of the 16-strong Future Harvest Centers of the CGIAR, which are dedicated to using agricultural research to enhance livelihoods and improve food security among the poorest farmers in the world.
Prince Laurent of Belgium, the youngest son of King Albert II, is a Future Harvest Ambassador and advocate of sustainable agriculture.
www.ipgri.cgiar.org /institute/press092002.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Belgium royal couple deny marital rumors:- - World News - Webindia123.com
Belgium's Prince Laurent and Princess Claire are denying reports they are having marital problems.
In what might have been a effort to squash rumors, Princess Claire accompanied Prince Laurent to open a new ward at the Edith Cavel Hospital in Brussels Wednesday, reported Belgium television.
A security officer for the prince said the princess had left the prince and the prince didn't want any difficult questions from the media at a Tuesday ceremony to open a training school for police dogs, reported Expatica Friday.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=89455&cat=World   (219 words)

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