Friday, February 9, 2024

Mourning for Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy

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Family members of the late Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Prince were at Turin's Sant'uberto Chapel as people came to pay their respects.  The funeral will take place tomorrow at the Dome in Turin.

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 The man sitting with the Prince of Venice is his first cousin, Prince Serge of Yugoslavia.

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The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reports some of the guests who will attend the funeral.  These guests include Queen Sofia of Spain (said to be representing King Felipe VI), the Prince of Monaco, Princess Astrid of Belgium and her husband, Prince Lorenz (Archduke Lorenz of Austria), Archduke Martin of Austria, Prince Leka of Albania, the Duke and Duchess of Braganza and their son-in-law, Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins, Grand Duke George of Russia, and a son of the King of Saudi Arabia, Princes of Serbia (presumably Princes Dimitri, Michael and Serge, the sons of Princess Maria Pia), Prince Charles and Princess Camilla of  Bourbon Two Sicilies,  Prince Jean Christophe Napoleon Bonaparte,  and the Count of Paris.

The late Prince's sister, Princess Maria Pia, and the Duke and Duchess of Aosta are the only other members of the Savoy royal family who will be at the funeral.

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