Italy may have abolished its monarchy 75 years ago, but having no real power hasn't stopped its royal family from feuding.
Direct descendants of Italy's last king are divided over who should lead the family. For thousands of years, only men in the family could rule. All that changed when the current head of the royal House of Savoy, Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, issued a decree on his granddaughter's 16th birthday granting her the power to eventually lead the family.
Surely enough, Vittoria's rise in royal ranks comes as more and more royal women across Europe are taking over their countries' thrones. "They were thinking without me having a male heir that finally it would come to them, but I think today times have changed, and we must stand with times and with modern times. So it's normal that they're not happy, and it's very sad for them," Emanuele said.Vittoria di Savoia, talks to ABC News about being the first female heir to the Italian crown in 1,000 years, alongside her father, Emanuele Filiberto, prince of Venice, in Paris.
"No, he did not punch him, he just gave him a nice, perhaps a bit too violent cuddle," Emanuele joked.The irony, amid the royal drama, is that there's no actual throne to fight over; Italy abolished its monarchy in 1946, with the last royals deemed too close to infamous dictator Benito Mussolini. It's why he thinks it's a shame the duke and duchess of Sussex decided to step back from their duties as members of the British royal family.
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