FRENCH MONARCHY
RUMOUR OF RE-ESTABLISHMENT
Diplomats in Rome are excited by reports that Marshal Petain is seeking to re-establish the monarchy in France as the only means of uniting the nation, reports the' Rome correspondent of the New York Her-ald-Tribune. Fascists say that the. Italian House of Savoy must not be overlooked, particularly King Victor's son-in-law, Prince Louis of Bourbon-Par- - ... I ma. Present pretender to the throne of France is Henri, the 32 year old Count of Paris and only son of the Due de Guise, who died in Morocco several months ago. Ten years ago Henri married his cousin, Princess Isabelle of Orleans and Braganza, who was the daughter of another ex-pretender, Prince Pedro de Alcantara, who claimed the "throne" of Brazil. At Henri's wedding, on which his father spent £10,000, there were in attendance 50-.members of the Royal families of France, Spain, Portugal} and I£aly, as well as representatives from England and Belgium. Like his father, he lived for many years in Belgium, where he published a weekly journal advocating restoration of the monarchy as a cure for France's ills. He put himself forward as an advocate of personal freedom. and one who desired to improve the lot of the Avorkeri, for which reason French conservatives regarded his views as "a little advanced."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 250, 16 December 1940, Page 3
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