The Duke and Duchess of Castro have served as worthy successors to their predecessors in the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
As is known, numerous members and descendants of the Royal House were present at the beautification of the Blessed Maria Christina of Savoy on 25 January 2014. Quite a crowd had gathered outside the Basilica di Santa Chiara by the time the ceremony was over. At the point when the Duke and Duchess exited the church with their two daughters, it was to repeated cries of "Viva il re!" "Viva Carlo!" and "Viva Camilla!" from the Neapolitans who had gathered in the square to commemorate this important event in the Royal House.
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It will be recalled that one of the homes of the Castros is in Paris, near the place de l'Alma.
At the moment when three suicide bombers detonated themselves near the Stade de France on the evening of 13 November 2015, Prince Carlo was in the stadium watching the match with a diplomatic delegation. He remembered, "We arrived after a ceremony at the German embassy. It was to be a festive evening. And it became a night of blood." One of the bombs went off at the entrance through which the group had earlier entered the venue.
Although everyone heard the explosions, it took a few moments for them to realize that they were in the midst of a terrorist attack. However, once the reality did sink in, Prince Carlo turned to one of his companions, General David Galtier, and offered to do anything to be of use. Along with a group of police and soldiers, Don Carlo aided in transporting by foot a group of civilians from the stadium to the Novotel, which had been identified as a safe refuge--at one point, General Galtier decided that the men in the group should form a human shield around the women and children when they were passing through certain parts of Saint-Denis.
It was not until 9:00am the next morning, thanks to General Galtier, that Princess Camilla was able to discover that her husband was alive. Prince Carlo had stayed with the people who were gotten to the Novotel overnight. Donna Camilla recalled that "my daughters were in total panic. It was a night of war."
This couple and their children have received and will probably continue to receive a hefty amount of criticism on a variety of fronts. However, for the most part, these criticisms say a great deal more about those who are delivering them than the people who are their target. To my mind, the Duke and Duchess and the two princesses simply appear as a close-knit, devoted family; after all that they have experienced together, I find it easy to conceive why the Duke of Castro wishes for his eldest daughter to be his heir.