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Casa Savoia opens to women, but it is a 'real' quarrel in the family

1/15/2020, 8:41:22 PM


Vittoria heir to the throne, cadet branch is against (ANSA)

na woman heir to the throne. After a thousand years. This is the turning point announced by Vittorio Emanuele and Emanuele Filiberto in the Savoia house. It will be up to Vittoria, 16, to carry on the good name of the royal family. A question of dynastic orders, of values, of charities, because there is no kingdom, but no less important to judge by the reaction of the Duke of Aosta. The cadet branch seems not to have liked the move and announces battle with stamped cards. Stuff to make the Windsor pale, grappling with the desire for freedom of Harry and his wife Megan, who instead of titles and crowns do not want to know. The designated heir, a life between Montecarlo, Geneva and Paris, where he studies, dreams of the world of art and fashion.

But the father, Emanuele Filiberto, swears that "she is very excited" and feels the new role "with great responsibility". Her grandfather, Vittorio Emanuele, granted her the treatment of Royal Height and the quality of Royal Princess, confirming her the title of princess of Carignano and marquise of Ivrea, while her younger sister Luisa is princess of Chieri and countess of Salemi. The first public outing has already been set, in Altacomba in mid-March for the anniversary of the death of the great-grandfather, King Umberto II. Which, assures Emanuele Filiberto, "has never changed his succession". An argument, the latter, also brandished by Prince Amedeo who, in a document signed by Gianni Stefano Cuttica and Aldo Mola on behalf of the Council of Senators of the Kingdom, maintains that the Salica law is immutable and inviolable.