Green Archduke wants titles returned in Austria

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A Green politician sitting on the local council in Wolfsberg wants to see the return of aristocratic titles which were banned in Austria after the first world war. Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen, himself a descendant who would have the title Archduke, wants them to be returned to their former owners and their descendants by 2018 at the […]

Austrian Royals on India honeymoon

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Archduke Imre of Austria and his newly-wed wife Archduchess Kathleen Katie Walker are currently honeymooning in India. After visiting the Taj Mahal in Agra and the neighbouring town of Fatehpur Sikri, the royal couple – who had arrived Delhi last week – were spotted exploring the pink city. Although officially Austria has no royal family […]

Hitler no longer Amstetten citizen of honour

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A town in Lower Austria has stripped Adolf Hitler of his honorary citizenship – 66 years after the Third Reich leader’s death.Hitler – who was born in Braunau, Upper Austria – committed suicide when the World War Two (WWII) defeat of Germany became imminent in April 1945. Now Amstetten Town Hall delegates dispossessed Hitler of […]