Cory
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The talking about restoration leads to nothing: most likely the Savoys themselves are not at all interested. They honour their illustrious House's glorious memory and that was it, I think.
Not only was Italy only for a limited time one united kingdom: only for 75 years (the current republic is 72 years old). Like in Germany it has overpowered centuries old smaller states and as the separatists of Lega Nord show, regional tensions still are apparent in today's Italy.
No matter an eventual (and unlikely) overhelming popularity of a Savoia pretender: as said earlier, it is hard to see the likes of the anti-establishment and direct-democratism propaging Movimento 5 Stelle, the separatistic Lega Nord, the green-left Sinistra Italiana, the progressive Articulo Uno or the social-democrats of Partido Uno ever vote to end the Italian Republic...
And the most important thing: King Umberto accepted the deposition of the monarchy and urged the Italians to serve the new republic. With that he factually accepted that times have changed and that Italy would never be a monarchy again.
There is no debate about restoration of Monarchy in Italy and the Savoy Family is not particularly popular. Only in the south the Bourbons have still supporters.