By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 06:26 EST, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 08:55 EST, 30 August 2013 The mother of a British educated artist who claims her father is Belgium's abdicated King Albert II, has spoken publicly for the first time about her alleged love affair with him. Sybille de Sélys Longchamps has broken her silence after 42 years because she says the Royal family's treatment of her daughter was unacceptable. In a documentary due to be aired on RTL, and in exclusive interviews published in Paris Match, the aristocrat mother, 72, claims the palace told her to 'hide her daughter' when she first approached them.
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In a forthcoming documentary, Sebille de Sélys Longchamps, 72, will reveal she allegedly met the former king in 1966, in Athens
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The meeting sparked an alleged 18-year love affair with married Prince Albert
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Delphine Boël kept her silence about her alleged father's identity until 1999
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She is now demanding recognition and pursuing DNA tests via the courts
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