[Castafiore]

Andreea, did you hear the rumours about an upcoming book on the Belgian royal family?

It's a book full of speculation on the private life of the royals. A couple of leaks (it's officially presented and published tomorrow or so):
- Queen Fabiola is rumored to have been a bit of a sex kitten in the 50s and 60s with several lovers + a number of men she tried to get in bed.
(Fabiola? No idea where they get this from)
- Prince Filip, our crown prince, is rumored to have an arranged marriage with Mathilde + all 4 children are said to be a product of artificial insemination. (reason to come up with that theory apparently is that the children are all born in a clinic specialising in artificial insemination Bit far-fetched if you ask me)
- Furthermore, prince Filip is rumored to have had quite a long relationship with a count (curious to see where the writer gets that from).
- An interview with the king is featured in the book (the monarch is not allowed to give interviews)

About Filip and Mathilde's marriage. Mathilde's body language towards Filip is quite loving and positive so either, she's a very good actress or it's a real marriage.

The odd thing is that the journalist who wrote the book has a fairly good reputation but the leaks now suggest that the book reads as if it's a publication for the trashy gossip press.

[acionescu]

Fabiola,a sex kitten?

And Nole is the overhead GOAT

[acionescu]

Mathilde is inlove with her hub badly, I never saw a more loving wife and he just flourished since he got married. You don't do that with a beard.

[Castafiore]

Filip is said to have had quite a long "intimate" relationship with "count Thomas de Marchant et d'Ansembourg".

Some of the things claimed to be in the book are so outragious that I'm beginning to wonder if it's not some sort of stunt.
I mean: Fabiola, sex kitten?

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Anyway, JC Van Damme fans will be happy to learn that the Muscles from Brussels now has his very own statue (in Anderlecht).



video of JCVD and his statue

[MariaV]

Royal gossip, never ends. You know there's the same kind of book about the King of Sweden.
But all the Van Damme fans can rejoice now. Lovely Hilde, lovely.

[-Evita-]

Such atrocious weather this morning. The rain-snow is falling horizontally Such a storm

[MariaV]

Originally Posted by -Evita-

Such atrocious weather this morning. The rain-snow is falling horizontally Such a storm

Wow, it's the same here, total chaos in the traffic. The snow ALWAYS come unexpectedly, every single winter.
Be careful on the streets!

[wildegirl05]

I want to see pics of this horizontal rain/snow fall! Wonder if belgium gets this kind too

Be safe on the roads though

[Castafiore]

Horizontal snow or just diagonal snow is esp. fun if you're on your bike and the snow goes straight into your eyes so that it doesn't only hurt but it blinds the heck out of you.

The temperature here has fallen from 24°C on Monday to 2°C today so it's out with the winter gear.

Adding a bit of Rafa in here.

Talking football:


Cheering Ferrer/Ferrero on in Valencia, together with Pico Monaco:

(the person who posted a linked to the video on twitter said that this video gives you the impression that Pico did most of the talking but all in all, Rafa was in a VERY chatty mood)

(ps: both videos were found on VB)

[Action Jackson]

Actually have a legit Walloon living in my street. She is pretty damn fiesty, the ex girlfriend of her husband came into his work causing a scene. She went and sorted her out.

Some rich English guy got murdered in Brussels, they showed it on the news here.

[Castafiore]

Between all the local news (elections, the royal scandal book,...), it didn't get a lot of attention here, though.

[MariaV]

I've been watching Skate Canada, Melanie has also completely abandoned us. 'Her' Patrick Chan lost to Javier Fernandez, the Spanish boy who is coached by Brian Orser. *no & enough, and that's meant for Orser ofc, my goodness the Orser-Boitano days, my childhood*
Andreea, you can check out that Spanish boy if you want some new Spanish 'meat', he has improved immensely with Orser since 2010.

[-Evita-]

I'm fangirling this Korean actor (Song Choong-Ki) these days

[acionescu]

he looks jailbait

[MariaV]

That's my parents' garden after Friday's snowstorm I & Evita were talking about, I went there today. The grass and some trees are still green and leaves were falling on the snow. I don't recall seeing anything like that before.


1. The apples are on the tree yet
2. The green-leaved jasmine bush with the snow cap