Let's make this birthday one to remember.

68 years old (Born on September 30, 1956)

Happy Birthday, Princess Marie-Esmeralda! From royal halls to newsroom walls, you've gracefully balanced crowns and deadlines. Your insightful journalism has enlightened many—proving that princesses don't just wear tiaras; they wield pens with equal elegance.

Whether uncovering truths or charming audiences at events honoring your father Leopold III's legacy, you always bring wit and warmth wherever you go. May this birthday be filled with laughter as timeless as your stories—and may the coming year offer even more exciting scoops (and perhaps fewer tight editorial deadlines). Here's wishing our favorite journalist-princess another fabulous chapter in her remarkable life's story!