Belgian Queen denies that gems donated bys
Belgian Queen denies that gems donated by Congo will cost 200,000 euros.
Brussels, July 14 .- The Belgian Royal House denied today that the jewelry received by Queen Paola from Olive Lembe di Dita, the wife of the chairman of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, on the anniversary of the fifty years African country's independence, have cost 200,000 euros.
The Belgian magazine "Le Soir Mag" has published the news in, allods gold, its pages, information that a spokesman for the Belgian royal family has called a "very imaginative", Belgian news agency reported.
Paola actually received a combination of necklace, bracelet and diamond earrings, but not for 200,000 euros, said a spokesman for the monarch, who qualify the amount of "pure exaggeration."
The Royal House has made clear that those jewels, sto credits, have already become part of real property that is owned by the Belgian State, although full provision for the royal family.
The controversy comes just days after 72-hour trip that the Belgian sovereigns made to the Democratic Republic of Congo on the occasion of the celebration of half a century of independence of the most prized colony of, aika gold, Belgium, on 30 June.
The Belgian colonization of Congo was in 1885, when a full sharing of Africa among European powers, King Leopold II became the owner of a personal territory that was 80 times the size of Belgium.