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It is not your first blunder on social media. But this time Luis Alfonso de Borbón (46) has been overcome with the lack of sensitivity he has shown in the face of the very serious disturbances in the United States and the wave of indignation that runs through the country after the death of the African-American citizen George Floyd when he was arrested by the Police last Monday in Minneapolis and a white agent pressed vilely on his neck for several minutes, preventing him from breathing , as can be seen in the video that soon circulated around the world.

The case is that the son of Carmen Martínez Bordiú , the very granddaughter , and of the deceased Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre , duke of Cádiz, who is known has not published any condolence or stupor tweet about what happened, or support for the African-American community American, or outrage at racism, that scourge that continues to stain the world's leading power and which is so widespread among the police forces of various states of the nation. And, nevertheless, he has published several tweets from his official account as Duke of Anjou and head of the Bourbon House of France, in which he was extremely offended, dismayed and almost furious because in the uproar and riots that take place these days in The entire United States has damaged the statue of their ancestor Louis XVI during the protests in Louisville.

Messages in this regard from Luis Alfonso went viral immediately, and it was soon answered by dozens of people who did not understand what they were reading and who accused the prince of being insensitive . And several American digital media outlets also echoed this fact.

The candidate for the now non-existent French throne was ridiculed in the information, unable to give credit that all his interest was a stone statue when the United States suffered its worst riots for more than five years , hundreds of people have been arrested and have already There have been several deaths in the clashes between protesters and police forces. The digital news recalled the biography of Luis Alfonso, considered by the legitimists as Luis XX , and especially emphasized that he is a great-grandson of the dictator Francisco Franco, who in recent times has starred in controversial praiseworthy comments about the Spanish dictatorship and has been quite close to Vox.

"As a successor to Louis XVI, and committed to defending his memory, I hope that the damage is repaired and that the statue is restored. I thank the authorities in advance for the measures they will take in this direction," read one of the tweets. that have caused so much outrage.

In another, Luis Alfonso recalled the close ties of various American cities to France and recalled that the statue in question was donated to Louisville by the Gallic city of Montpellier 60 years ago now.

Nobody downplays the protection of artistic heritage, and one can understand the rejection of all displays of vandalism against street furniture and against works such as the sculpture of the executed king. But the tweets were unanimous in stressing that the current applicant lives on the moon .

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