They had long favored a constitutional monarchy similar to that of Britain, in which the nobility would play a significant role. With no agreement in sight, however, Calonne’s ministry collapsed.

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Indeed, at the genesis of the Fifth Republic in 1961, de Gaulle reassured the then Comte de Paris that, “France is gradually returning to its old and traditional monarchy”.

Everyone knows that at least some of France’s royals came to a grim end on the guillotine, but what else do you know about the royal houses that once ruled France?