Prince Fabrizio Ruffo di Calabria, queen paola's eldest brother and head of the princely family Ruffo di Calabra has died yesterday in Rome. He was 82.
The queen and princess Astrid (godchild of prince Fabrizio) will attend the funeral, that will take place in family surroundings.
Paola's activities have been cancelled untill after the funeral.
Paola now has 1 brother and 1 sister left, she was originally the youngest of 7 sisters and brothers: Fabrizio, Maria Christina (1920, deceased), Laura (1921-1972), Antonello (1930), Augusto (1925-1943) and Giovanella (1927 - 1941). Paola was born in 1937.
Prince Fabrizio got married to Maria Vaciago in 1953, they had 5 children :Fulco (1954), Augusto (1955), Imara (1958), Umberto (1960) and Alessandro (1964). The prince fought in WWII. In 1958 he founded a company for the import of raw produces such as lad, chrome and zinc. he also was involved in an important transport company.