Aristocrat artist takes Belgian king to court over lovechild claims She is seeking a judicial order for a DNA test to be carried out on Prince Philippe, the successor to the throne, and Priness Astrid, his sister, to prove they are her siblings as the king cannot be compelled to comply with Belgiumﾒs courts. The press has noted that the subpoena, to be discussed in court on 25 June, doe not mention Prince Philippeﾒs younger brother Laurent, who is in contact with Ms Boel and has never denied her paternity. Ms Boel has always insisted she wants none of King although Albert's money, legal recognition would entitle her to a fifth of her estate and her legal challenge follows her disinheritance by her legal father Jacques Boel, a wealthy Belgian industrialist. Her mother is Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps who had an affair with King Albert, an episode he has previously, but indirectly, referred to as "a crisis" in his marriage. King Albert, 79, a lover of fast cars and the 1960s jet-set scene in his youth, married the current queen, Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria, an Italian aristocrat in 1958. The monarchy was once regarded as the glue that held Belgium together and prevented deepening divisions between Flemish Dutch-speakers and francophone Walloons from tearing the country apart. After a scandal over tax evasion and royal house's finances last year, the government agreed earlier this month that the royal family would now have to pay taxation on its state allowances for the first time since Belgium declared independence in 1830.