He said Laurent received a salary worth only 25% of his allowance, because the rest went on covering professional expenses including travel and wages for a staff member.

So he’s not counting it because… he spends it. Weird take.

Rijckaert said this results in a monthly net wage for the prince of €5,000 which is comparable to the “average salary of a senior executive in Belgium” but without the usual “full social security coverage”.

Not a bad wage just for being born.

I have been telling my family not to use even microwave safe plastics in a microwave for years.

Nice to see more research into this issue.