Comments on: Indian Lawyer is Heir to French Crown

By: DCer

DCer — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:23:28 +0000

I hate to print this publicly, but my father always believed he had secured a deal from a penniless heir which made him the 19th Laird of [Scottish Island that I won't mention] through someone who sold him that title in the 1950s. My great grandfather was from that island, so it wasn't insane that he thought it could be done. Needless to say the Scottish royal title, Laird, is meaningless akin to "landowner" and no Scottish/ British royal titles can be legally transfered by buying them, period. But there's no shortage of people SELLING them in the same way people sell star names and bridges.

By: Harold

Harold — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:13:12 +0000

I can understand that the media are looking for a hype, but this isn't one. The claims of this "Indian Bourbon" are false from the start.
French King Henry IV had no nephews, and no Bourbon cousins from Navarre. The origins of John Philip, who is unknown to contemporary history, are confused, being variously attributed to the Bourbon-Busset family, an apparently illegitimate line of the Bourbons, and to Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, whose family tradition claims that he did not die in the siege of Rome in 1527, but instead fleeing to India and producing John Philip in a liason with a Mongol princess.
It has been claimed that it is impossible for the family to be legitimate descendants of the House of Bourbon, or to have any claim to the French throne. The character of John Philip does not appear in any official family tree of the Bourbon family, nor would any Bourbon cousin of Henry IV have a claim to the throne greater than that of Henry or his descent.

The real claimant to the French throne is and will be Prince Henri, Count of Paris, His Heirs and Successors.

By: jonjon

jonjon — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:48:13 +0000

There are several other men kicking around who claim to be the legitimate hier, what makes this guy special?

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:13:46 +0000

Huh. Well, I'll be a son of a monarch! (hopefully)

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:55:31 +0000

Is this a repost? Or are there two Indian heirs to the french throne? Cause that'd be pretty sweet.

By: meggymoo

meggymoo — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:37:31 +0000

meh royalty turns out the the real king of England lives in Australia
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/aussie-mike-the-true-king-of-en gland/2005/09/10/1125772732666.html

By: Eugenio Martínez

Eugenio Martínez — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:46:26 +0000

The Borbones are the same family of the real family in Spain.

And near the half of the young people (<30), me included think that they must go to fuck themshelves.