Count of Paris, Pretender to French Throne, Dies Aged 85

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Count of Paris, Pretender to French Throne, Dies Aged 85
Jan. 21, 2019, at 12:41 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Henri d'Orleans, Count of Paris and pretender to the defunct French throne, died on Monday - exactly 226 years after his distant cousin Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris.

His death, aged 85, was announced on Facebook by his son Jean.

Henri was said to harbor royal ambitions, but the movement to restore France's monarchy has progressively dwindled since the years leading up to World War Two, when it was viewed in some quarters as a credible threat to Republicanism.

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