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I have many questions about the German Revolution of 1918. But first, to my knowledge no one came to the support of the various monarchs. They were all toppled fairly easy. I know that there was street fighting among the left and right, but not necessarily to preserve the monarchs. Am I correct...

Does anyone know of a source, preferably online, that summarizes the history of the Habsburg coat of arms? I seem to recall that the original Habsburg shield was a red lion rampant on a gold or yellow shield. This was combined later with the shield of Austria, red-white-red stripes. Lastly these...

Archduke Karl will head the House of Habsburg after Otto. Has he given any indication that he will work to maintain the family's position, such as it is, as pretender to the various thrones? I suppose that would take the form of charitable, cultural, and political roles.

Could we start a list of other news sites about German/Austrian royals? Preferably in English, but German, too. If there are any that is. There may not be!

I wonder how William feels about the fact that he may well one day be king of nations other than the UK? And, I wonder how he feels about the movements in some of those other nations to abolish the monarchy and establish republics? I doubt he'd say anything about his feelings, though.

Does Prince Albert spend most of his time at the palace in Monaco or somewhere else? I seem to recall that the family has an apartment in Paris and other homes around the south of France.