I translated from HJA's Royalblog on todays events.
The new Duke of Parma and Piacenza answerred to the press after the lenghty 2 hour funeral and inauguration and receiving of hundreds of condolences in the church.Exhausting.That and the heat in Parma as it is very sunny and very warm there now,made all present were dipping their head with tissues or waving a fan like Princess Irene.The new Duke gave a speech in fluent Italian in church,ending in loving personal words to his father in Spanish.
With his brother Jaime at his side the new Duke patiently answerred all questions by the press,even the impertinent Italian pressmember (Really No pun intended,but you know that by now!) who insisted he wanted to know the new wedding date:" My readers have a right to know"....really,what do people think...on this funeral day.But no,Duke Carlo Saverio remained calm and answerred all questions without naming a new wedding date.This made the journalist of the Gazette di Parma exclaim;" This is very good,he is very good at it" pointing at the language skills.
Later during the reception in the Teatro Regio it showed how easy the children change languages while in conversation with the many guests,especially Princess Margarita changed from Italian to Spanish to Dutch to French without a problem.Polyglots,all of them,amidst
a very divers gathering of people from every corner of Europe.
The father of Duchess Annemarie thought it a warm and dignified event on what was originally planned to be his daughter's,
the new Duchess,wedding day.The members of the Dutch RF have meanwhile returned in The Netherlands.
The new Duke and Duchess have plans for a new weddingdate but do not disclose that now,
allthough it wil be this year,as was the wish of the late Duca Carlo Ugo.