Teen Finally Realizes Her True Identity After Her Mom Forces King's Dirty Secret Out

17-year-old Belgian teenager Josephine Boël was living a relatively low-key life in 2020: quarantining, watching shows, doing teenage things. She had a comfier home situation than most, having been born in a well-to-do family, but unbeknownst to her, it was all about to change. In an explosive international event, aided by the global media, Josephine was about to find out the truth about her identity — and five decades of lies.

Longtime Suspicions

Although the truth was just about to break, Josephine's family had suspected something was being kept a secret for a while. For years, they'd heard rumors in upper-class Belgian social circles of a secret affair, a highly scandalous one. So how did it involve Josephine?

Determined To Get Answers

Josephine's mother, Delphine Boël, had been trying to get the answer to that exact question for years. Delphine had a suspicion that her own father was not who he said he was — and if her hunch was true, it'd change her and her two children's lives.

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The man Delphine had called her father ever since her birth in 1968 was a nobleman and industrialist named Jonkheer Jacques Boël, and her mother was Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps. They were financially comfortable, but their marriage wasn't a happy one, and little Delphine didn't know why.

Suddenly Divorced

In 1978, Baroness Sybille and Nobleman Boël broke up for good. Things were hard on Delphine, but she channeled that energy into excelling in school. She attended boarding schools in both England and Switzerland and was on her way to being a top student in college.