Vittoria de Savoie, "rock'n'roll princess" and daughter of Clotilde Courau, turns 18

His name doesn't mean much to you, but his profile does grab some attention.

Vittoria of Savoy is the first female heir to the Italian crown for 1,000 years.

A prestigious position for the eldest daughter of Prince Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy and French actress Clotilde Courau, who has just celebrated her 18th birthday on Tuesday, December 28.

In video, Clotilde Courau, fashion princess

"The scrolling life"

"May all your dreams come true and may you always have the courage to follow them ... Happy 18th birthday my love", we can read on his father's latest Instagram post. To accompany this legend, a photo slideshow shows the evolution of this “rock'n'roll princess, as Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy nicknamed her, from her young age in a white smocked dress to a photo shoot in an empire dress. Dior, passing by the grimaces of a teenager.

“The life that goes by.

The years at a brisk pace.

18 years old already.

One way or the other, as Bernanos says, we don't endure the future, we do it, ”her mother, Clotilde Courau, commented in her turn in an Instagram story.

Poetry is the prettiest nickname given to life.

Remember that and go on your way (...).

I will go to the end of the world, I will brave the bad winds to hug you and tell you that I love you and this forever. "

A revolutionary title

Two years earlier, the teenager's grandfather, Victor-Emmanuel of Savoy, offered her a special present ahead of her birthday. In an official decree, the "Duke of Savoy, Prince of Naples and direct heir to the head of the Royal House of Savoy" amended a medieval law which, for centuries, had limited succession in his royal line to male heirs. "It was the best gift he could give me," Princess Vittoria told The

last May

.

If the return of the monarchy in Italy, abolished 75 years ago following the king's support for Mussolini, seems unlikely, the title will allow Vittoria to represent the throne, especially during royal ceremonies abroad. A position that is the pride of his mother Clotilde Courau. "It's a huge thing in history," said the actress at the time, presenting her daughter as a pioneer of gender equality.

In March 2020, Princess Vittoria also obtained the titles of Princess of Carignan and Marquise d'Ivrée but due to the pandemic, all the ceremonies planned to award them have been postponed.

"My role will be to keep the values ​​of the House of Savoy, to take care of our dynastic orders and the charities that we do through them", specified the young woman in the columns of

in April 2021.

Yet, although this is an honorary position, his accession to the Italian throne remains contested by his cousin, Prince Aimone of Savoy Aosta, as well as by some members of the monarchist community.

Future click queen?

For the moment, Vittoria of Savoy hardly cares, preferring to concentrate above all on her studies. In July 2021, she obtained her baccalaureate with honors. Member of the collective "Bac 2021 egalitarian", a high school association of the Lyonnaise Diagonale school, she had also arrested on March 18, 2021 the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, in a letter requesting the passage of bachelor's degree in continuous assessment following the coronavirus pandemic.

Now based in London, the young woman is very active on social networks and has more than 58,000 subscribers. She shares her passions and contributions in the fields of photography, music and especially fashion. To the point of being dubbed by the Italian magazine

as the "new

princess

after Charlotte Casiraghi".

Aware of the danger represented by social networks, especially in relation to injunctions to beauty, the royal influencer claims to want to keep distance.

"Beauty without intelligence is tiresome, and intelligence without humility is unbearable," she assures our colleagues at

.

Finding a balance seems important to me: I would like to put my person at the service of a spirit of openness and freedom. ”

And to add: "The media love you one day, hate you one day.

My parents taught me to work constantly in order to have a bright future.

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