The Other Royals: 90 Years a King-in-Waiting

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: July 3, 1998| Author: Suzy Menkes | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

07-03-1998

In his Sleeping Beauty castle high above the Loire River, the future Henri VI of France will celebrate on Sunday his 90th birthday.

If fairy tales come true, the most persuasive pretender to the French throne might yet be crowned in a royal blue robe gilded with fleur-de-lis and take his place among the 40 French kings spanning 1,000 years of history.

As it is, Henri, Comte de Paris, head of the Orleans branch of...

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