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Old News About Queen Paola’s Father Makes Headlines

October 13, 2009 at 5:13 am by Marengo

A new book about the father of Belgium’s Queen Paola is set to hit bookstands in the coming weeks. In it, the authors ‘reveal’ that Paola’s father was a senator from 1934 till 1944, during the time Mussolini’s fascist party was in power. Don Fulco, who was a hero from WWI, was put on trial in 1945 and found guilty for co-responsibility for the crimes of Fascism. The authors presented … Continue reading →