LUIS FERNANDO ROMO
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The
greatest
ambition that
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy
had for decades , who died last Saturday at the age of 86, was to one day see his only son
Manuel Filiberto
(51)
on the throne of Italy.
But as Italians increasingly embraced the republic with more fervor, that dream was shattered. He kept
an ace up his sleeve
in case in one of those the world once again reconfigures a new order according to the revolutions existing in certain countries.
Victory of Savoy, in a recent image.GTRES
For this reason, in January 2020, Victor Manuel
abolished the Salic Law
that for 10 centuries prevented women from reigning in the transalpine country. At that time,
Victoria de Saboya
(20), the eldest daughter of Manuel Filiberto and the actress Clotilde Courau (54), was second in the line of succession, but in 2023 she rose up a ladder since
her father renounced her rights. dynastic
rights
.
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Now it is she,
Princess Victoria,
who will represent the Savoys. Like other young European princesses, such as Maria Chiara and Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Olympia of Greece or Mafalda of Bulgaria, the granddaughter of Victor Emmanuel and great-granddaughter of Umberto II, last king of Italy, is a
girl with aspirations of model
and
influencer
. At the moment she is on the right path, since she has starred in more than one fashion campaign for brands like Dior. She lives in Paris, where she is represented by the Karin modeling agency, which has Mónica Bellucci and her daughter Deva Cassel on its payroll. Victoria has also shown interest in creating her own fashion brand and has even been tempted by acting, but she has not left her studies at the University of Paris, where she wears the titles awarded by her deceased grandfather such as princess
of Carignano
and Marchioness of Ivrea.
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Victoria and her sister Luisa (17) are part of the
female universe that surrounds Manuel Filiberto
, where his mother,
Marina Doria
(88), occupies a special place. Since Victor Manuel and the beautiful Swiss woman met in Geneva, their crush arose. In addition to being beautiful, Marina was
a world water skiing champion,
but a commoner. Umberto II, who wanted a princess as his daughter-in-law, opposed the courtship of his only son and heir for 16 years. They finally married civilly in Las Vegas in 1970 and in Tehran the following year. There the Shah of Persia and Farah Diba organized a reception for them while the country was abuzz with the lavish celebrations of the 2,500 years since the founding of Persepolis. A year later Manuel Filiberto was born.
Manuel Filiberto de Saboya, son of Victor Manuel and father of Victoria.GTRES
Those who know her closely assure that
Marina is a woman with a lot of character
who has always been the rock in which her husband has taken refuge in his
hardest and most controversial moments
, such as when he went to prison implicated in the murky death by
gunshot. a young German in Corsica
. He was also involved in a prostitution ring and another matter related to drug trafficking. Without forgetting the punches that the prince and his cousin Amadeo of Savoy-Aosta, who has always considered himself the heir to the Italian throne, gave each other during a heated argument at the
dinner prior to Felipe and Letizia's wedding.
Marina did not quite catch on among the
European
royals
. She has always been highly criticized for going too low-cut and operated.