Princess Beatrice has married a count - but who are the feuding Italian nobility?
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telegraph.co.ukPrincess Beatrice’s husband is a sharp London property developer, born and raised in Chelsea and Oxfordshire; his claim to the family seat in Italy is so remote he has only been there once.
The Villa Mapelli Mozzi, a faded Baroque slab near Bergamo, belongs to a third cousin and, like most Italian castles, is currently subject to an inheritance dispute.
Even his title is a little iffy, as since 1946, when Italy became a republic, the aristocracy is not officially recognized. He may have married a Princess, but in law he remains Mr Mozzi.Never mind about all that.
Such legal trifles never bothered your typical Italian prince, who would never let go of a title for something so bourgeois as politics.
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