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Old January 2nd, 2007 #6
Gott
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I've been meaning to mention this as a good illustration of just how recent is the concept of 'Italy' as a nation state. The last reigning Queen of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies died, in exile, in Munich - in 1923.