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.
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.