Last Italian King
The Savoyard kings of Italy were Victor Emmanuel II, Umberto I, Victor Emmanuel III, and Umberto II. The last monarch ruled for a few weeks before being deposed following the Constitutional Referendum of 1946, after which the Italian Republic was proclaimed. Dec 24, 2002 - His grandfather, King Victor Emmanuel III, was tainted. Brought a breakthrough and the Italian parliament voted last July to remove the ban.
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Mendola Two of the few European royals who still found themselves exiled from their country in the year 2001 have finally returned to Italy. Prince Vittorio Emanuele, son and heir of King Umberto II of Italy, accompanied by his son, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, and consort, Princess Marina, visited the Pope briefly during the morning of 23 December 2002. For Vittorio Emanuele, Duke of Savoy, it was his first visit to Italy since 1946. For thirty year-old Emanuele Filiberto, born in exile, it was the first ever.
Last Italian King
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Well, almost, since his airplane had landed in Italy on at least one occasion in the past, while returning to Switzerland from a mission to deliver medical supplies in the Balkans. The Duke of Savoy had occasionally ventured into Italian territory while skiing in the Alps. Arriving by private jet from Switzerland, the royal family landed at Ciampino Airport outside Rome, from whence King Umberto II had departed for exile in 1946, following his wife and children (including a young Vittorio Emanuele), who had already left by ship from Naples. Accorded full diplomatic status as guests of the Vatican, Vittorio Emanuele and his family were escorted into the Eternal City for a long meeting with His Holiness before returning to Switzerland by early afternoon. The official Papal invitation ensured that the family's first visit to Italy would permit them the honours normally reserved to heads of state, which is the status granted by the Vatican to the heads of many non-regnant royal families. The royal family was met by a small entourage consisting of Prince Sergei of Yugoslavia, also a grandson of King Umberto, and a few friends.