Word: umberto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nothing, nothing at all," said Prince Umberto. "May the Princess not hear about...
Officially of course the Fascist Party cherishes Prince Umberto no less than his docile sire, King Vittorio Emanuele...
...mort! A mort! Death! Death!" screamed excited Belgians, ripe for a lynching. Soldiers with fixed bayonets hustled the would-be assassin away. Prince Umberto, without turning round continued the ceremony, laid a laurel wreath bound with the arms of Savoy on the Unknown Soldier's grave, then insisted on reviewing the guard of honor...
...Paris he studied law at the Sorbonne, only leaving his little room in the Latin Quarter, to attend meetings of the Matteoti Club, a minor anti-Fascist secret society. It was at a meeting of this club that di Rosa won the honor of being delegated to shoot Prince Umberto...
Observers were mildly amazed that any group of antiFascists could have grown so bumble-headed as to plot the assassination of Crown Prince Umberto as a blow against Fascism. For years it has been rumored that H. R. H. is the member of the Italian Royal Family most estranged from Dictator Mussolini. Most antiFascists regard the Crown Prince's name as the best one around which to rally a revolution which should "deliver" Italy, yet preserve the Throne. Commonly in antiFascist circles the tale is told that H. R. H. once sent II Duce a challenge to duel...