This is the beautiful young woman who would be the new Queen of Italy if the monarchy was still in power after the death of her grandfather on 3rd February.

Her elderly relative, Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Prince of Naples, died on Saturday after having done away with centuries of tradition whereby only male heirs could inherit the title and passing on the title to his granddaughter Vittoria Cristina Adelaide Chiara Maria of Savoy.

The 20-year-old, who is the great-granddaughter of the last King of Italy, is now the heiress to the throne after she was formally named as the title holder in 2020, and his death at 86 has been announced by his family in a press release.

Vittoria is the eldest daughter of Vittorio Emanuele’s son Emanuele Filiberto and, according to local media, her father had officially told her: “I will abdicate in favour of my daughter. I’m sure you’ll do better than me. Soon, in Europe, there will be more queens than kings.”

Vittoria was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28th December 2003 and her grandfather did away with Salic Law. The ancient Frankish civil law code that dictated that his son should be the next heir, opting instead to choose his granddaughter.

The young woman, who has nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram, is the great-granddaughter of Italy’s last king, Umberto II. Who reigned for just 34 days from 9th May until 12th June 1946 and had supported the ousting of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

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His predecessor, Victor Emmanuel III, was the king of Italy from 29th July 1900 until 9th May 1946 and remained largely silent on domestic issues in the country despite appointing Mussolini as his Prime Minister after the National Fascist Party led a march on Rome.

He deposed Mussolini and signed an armistice with the Allies in 1943 after they successfully invaded the country. The Italian monarchy was abolished in 1946.

Vittoria is the daughter of Emanuele Filiberto and French actress Clotilde Courau. Vittoria lives in Paris, France, according to Italian media.

She works as a model and influencer.

There is not much information about the Savoy family’s assets, although Swiss newspaper Swissinfo.ch reported in 2006 that Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy’s assets amounted to CHF 1.4 million (GBP 1.28 million). With an annual income of CHF 280,000 (GBP 255,000).