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.
On February 6, 2004 she gave birth to a daughter named Louise Sophie Mary.
Her Royal Highness Princess Claire of Belgium, (born Claire Louise Coombs, in Bath, England, on January 18, 1974) is the wife of Prince Laurent of Belgium and is a property surveyor.