Sunday, October 12, 2025

French Royal Pretender, Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, Suggests Return To Monarchy

From Brussels Signal,October 9:

Choose me! French Duke urges return to ‘monarchic heritage’ 

One of France’s royal pretenders, Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, has criticised the country’s deepening “political and institutional crisis” and urged the French to look to their “monarchic heritage” as a source of renewal and hope.

Regarded by ‘legitimists’ as Louis XX, the rightful heir to the long-abolished French throne, de Bourbon traces his lineage directly to King Louis XIV through Philip V of Spain.

The legitimists are royalist traditionalists who believe the French throne rightfully belongs to the senior Bourbon line....

....MUCH MORE 

Bringing to mind a couple tweets from His Imperial Royal Highness Eduard Habsburg, Archduke Eduard of Austria, currently marking time as Hungary's Ambassador to the Vatican until the restoration of the empire. As seen in the outro from "Don’t Take Advice From a Habsburg":
I'm not sure I agree with the headline but the rest of the story is interesting....
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...Eduard, on our previous visits, came across as fairly well adjusted:

And In Political Commentary...
...He seems comfortable in his own skin.
And back in April 2022:
Checking In On His Imperial Royal Highness
Eddie is currently working a side gig as an Ambassador to the Vatican until the Empire is restored.
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