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- ↑ "Acceuil". inbevbailletlatour.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ Architectural digest 1985- Volume 42 - Page 22 "Every man should have a hobby, something besides his business", he declares. See page 80. Gardens: Woodland Domain Vicomte Philippe de Spoelberch tends his twelve-acre garden at Herkenrode, outside Brussels, with only the help of"
- ↑ "RHS Green Manual". RHS. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- Philippe de Spoelberch weg bij InBev (in Dutch)
- INBEV-BAILLET LATOUR FUND (in Dutch)
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