Prince of Naples laid to rest: European royalty gather for funeral of Prince Vittorio Emanuele, the son of the last King of Italy, at Turin Cathedral

Italy’s former Royal Family personal gathered in Turin today for the funeral of Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Naples, who died at the age of 86.

His coffin laid in state at the Sant’uberto Chapel on the eve of the funeral provider, and his partner Princess Marina, 88, and their son Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Venice, 51, remained at his side.

Prince Vittorio, the son of the last King of Italy Umberto II, died earlier this month.

His funeral, which is taking status at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in northern Italy, regarded to be a plush affair, with extravagant floral preparations at the door.

Prince Vittorio’s son, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, became pictured coming into the cathedral in an extended dark coat, shielding from the rain with an umbrella.

Quickly afterwards, his mother the newly widowed Princess Marina arrived.

His immediate family later paid their respects at his coffin because it became carried away. 

Princess Olga of Savoy-Aosta and Prince Aimone were amongst the early arrivals today, dressed all in dark. There were also a host of European royals in attendance, together with Albert, the Prince of Monaco, who became without his partner Charlene, and Queen Sofía of Spain.

The Prince of Naples became the son of the last king of Italy, Umberto II, who went into exile after the nation voted to grow to be a republic in 1946.

Then again, regardless of the outcomes of the referendum, the Home of Savoy repeatedly maintained its disclose to the throne and cited the Spanish example to direct its case.

Spain restored its monarchy in 1975 when the nation returned to a democracy following the death of Customary Franco.

After the Home of Savoy fled Italy when he became valid nine years inclined, Prince Vittorio Emanuele spent most of his existence in exile in Switzerland and Portugal.

He went on to marry Marina Ricolfi Doria and the couple had a son, Emanuele Filiberto.

After battling for decades, the Prince of Naples in the waste returned to Italian soil in 2002 after parliament lifted a clause in the Italian Constitution which barred his family from surroundings foot in the nation.

For the duration of his seek recommendation from he held an target audience with Pope John Paul II, however he encountered a cold reception with the Italian folks.

The inheritor to the defunct throne became no stranger to controversy for the duration of his lifetime, after also being arrested in reference to the death of a German youngster in 1978.

Dirk Hamer became 19 years inclined and asleep on a boat in a Corsican port when he became shot for the duration of in his valid leg. He died three months later.

At the time, the Italian Prince became also at the port, arguing with a neighborhood of tourists whom he accused of stealing his inflatable boat.

More than a decade later, Vittorio Emanuele became arrested in France in reference to the killing, however he became cleared at a court docket in Paris in 1991. He became given a suspended sentence for possession of a rifle.

Then again, the residence thickened two decades later when a recording emerged of the exiled royal exhibiting to admit to killing Hamer.

The recording became filmed in Potenza jail, the place he became being held forward of a trial for racketeering and involvement in prostitution (of which he became acquitted).

For the duration of the 2006 recording, he is seen telling other inmates he had taken the court docket for a shuffle after his acquittal.

In the video, he described firing two photographs which hit the tourist as he became drowsing on his boat off the island of Cavallo in 1978.

After the clip emerged, he pushed apart it as ‘manipulated’ and ‘now not factual’.

In the clip, as reported by the Just, the exiled prince said: ‘I became in the inaccurate… in the inaccurate.

‘I if truth be told personal to advise I took them for a shuffle… the prosecutor had asked for 5 years and six months. I became obvious of profitable.

‘They gave me a six-month suspended sentence [for arms possession]; six months, there became an amnesty, they did now not even register [the sentence]. I purchased out!’

Then again Hamer’s family renewed their calls for the exiled prince to face justice following the liberate of the recording.

The thriller surrounding Hamer’s death grew to grow to be a spotlight level in Netflix documentary The King Who Never Used to be.

The documentary became directed by journalist Beatrice Borromeo, who is Princess Caroline of Monaco’s daughter-in-law.

It later emerged that Beatrice, who has also modelled for Vogue, became the person who leaked the recording.

Speaking to Tatler last yr about the story, Beatrice said: ‘for so long as I’d bear in mind… the story of this case became share of our lives’ adding that Hamer’s mother Birgit is her personal mother’s simplest buddy.