Apparently the Bank of Italy refuses to return jewels belonging to the House of Savoy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/...l-surfaces-time-cutoff-30_filter_new_arm_10_1
Hardly surprising. When the Savoys somewhat boldly wrote to the President of Italian Republic asking that the Quirinale Palace and the Villa Ada Park be returned to the family, I believe the Prime Minister at the time replied that the Savoys were not entitled to any compensation for the assets that the Republic confiscated from them and that, on the contrary, they should compensate Italy for "having supported Mussolini".
Maybe they will have more luck with the family jewels, as they are not "real estate", but I doubt it.
But the Quirinale Palace is the official residence of the President of the Republic of Italy, isn't it?
The Quirinale was built as a Papal residence and taken over by the Savoys in 1871 so if anyone has a historic claim on the palace it's Pope Francis.If the palaces were built by the Savoy family, then they should be returned to the family. I hope the Savoy family manages to recover some of their property and jewels.
The Quirinale was built as a Papal residence and taken over by the Savoys in 1871 so if anyone has a historic claim on the palace it's Pope Francis.
Why would she need to remember to be a “Royal Highness”? Italy is a republic, her husband is a celebrity former prince. They have no role and no hope of a restoration.
Why would she need to remember to be a “Royal Highness”? Italy is a republic, her husband is a celebrity former prince. They have no role and no hope of a restoration.
True, but her husband is the heir to a dynasty that is a thousand years old and, to a large extent, still makes a living by selling honors like the Savoy orders, which were once among the most prestigious decorations in Europe (sorry if I am being unfair to Emanuele Filiberto's father, but that is how I see it).
Other deposed royal houses with equally hopeless prospects of restoration like the Habsburgs or the Bourbon-Orléans at least try to keep some decorum.
Prince Emanuele Filiberto visiting Turin at Palazzo Madama, the first parliament of the Italian Kingdom.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkB37kHM7gb/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
It looks like his great-great-grandmother Queen Margarita. She was known as the Pearl Queen because of her love of pearls. A great humanitarian and according to her descendants gifted with healing powers she's today most famous for having a pizza named after her.Who is in the portrait he is looking at?