Claire Coombs
Claire Coombs (born at
Bath,
England, on
January 18,
1974), is the daughter of Nicholas Coombs, a
British-born businessman, and his
Belgian wife, née Nicole Mertens. She has lived in Belgium since age 3. She is a property surveyor.
On April 12, 2003 she married Prince Laurent of Belgium in Brussels, with a civil ceremony at Brussels Town Hall and a religious ceremony at the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula.