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I don't think. Earl of Ulster is merely a courtesy title for the heir of the Dukedom of Gloucester, while the title of British Prince was (is) a substantial one. Just like the current King never used the courtesy title of Earl of Merioneth, or Prince William never used the courtesy title of...

He has been indeed cremated soon after his funeral, but his ashes have not been placed in the Royal Crypt. The family initially wanted them to be placed behind the altar in the main hall, near to the grave of King Carlo Alberto, but this project has been rejected by the Department of National...

I see your post only now, but yes, chocolate Easter eggs are an Italian tradition; usyallt they contain a little surprise (or even more chocolate :D). BTW, great shoot of Mrs Crociani biting her egg.

Also Amaury's youngest sister is named Zita, so perhaps the newborn Princess was named after her aunt, rather than after the late Empress.

Congratulations to the couple! What a great news!

Queen Maria José lived at the Chateau de Merlinge, in Meinier, while Vittorio Emanuele and Marina lived in a different mansion in Vésenaz, which they built and decorated in the 1970s. In recent years the mansion of Vésenaz was vacated, as Vittorio Emanuele and Marina relocated to a smaller...

If such an exception was actually made, then there is by now no trace of it (at least no trace made public of it). It is also odd that there is no trace of any written document about the alleged bestowal of the title of Prince of Venice in favour of Emanuele Filiberto. Allegedly (as claimed by...

That's one of the aspects that puzzle me. King Umberto was very clear about his thoughts and his intentions in his letters, where at some point his openly referred to Marina Doria and to a possible marriage between Vittorio Emanuele and her. The Royal Patents are also quite clear: the...

Thanks for the clarification, I must have somehow partly misunderstood the sense of your previous post. As for the Duke of Abruzzi, I don't remember the detail you mention, but this is a good chance for me to refresh my memory by re-reading some books I have at home.

I'm not sure about that. It's true that both Maria Vittoria and Maria Luisa were born into noble families, but both were far from being considered as equal to the Savoys. In Maria Vittoria's case, actually, King Vittorio Emanuele II at the beginning wasn't much in favour of the match, because of...

Unfortunately no, I don't have documentation about it. I remember (though I should check the exact sources) that King Vittorio Emanuele III gave his authorization to the marriage, so that Prince Ferdinando could keep his titles and rank and his wife became HRH the Duchess of Genova. Their...

The Albertine Statute didn't indeed contaiain any provision of that kind, for a very simple reason: when the statute was promulgated, marriages of members of the Royal Family were regulated by the Royal Patents of 13 September 1780 and 16 July 1782 proclaimed by King Vittorio Amedeo II. Later...

This is the link to the tweet containing the condolence message: And this is its translation: "Dear Emanuele, my deepest condolences to you and your family on the passing of your dear father Vittorio Emanuele. I remember him fondly and remember the many times that, in Piedmont, I was able to...

He did indeed, but it seemed to me more of a personal message rather than an official message coming from a member of the government.

Sadly, when King Umberto died there was no official reaction from the Italian government, IIRC. Surely his funeral was deserted by the Italian government, no member or delegation from it attended; the only authority from the Italian Republic who attended was the Italian Consul in Lyon.

No, he never took residence in Italy and continued to reside in Switzerland.

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I don't think as well; also they are all dressed identically, with the same burgundy tie, while the other relatives (at least the ones in the pictures) wore morning dresses with black ties. Indeed it seems rather private. I don't think we could expect a huge funeral like it was for her...

:previous: It should also not be forgetten the small detail that Alexander of Hohenzollern is already married to another lady...which makes your scenario impossible (at least rebus sic stantibus).

Princess Virginia zu Furstenberg, daughter of Prince Sebastian Egon, has died yesterday, aged 48, after a fall from an an high floor if an hotel in Merano. The circumstances of her death are still not clear...