Prince George-Frederic of Hohenzollern. DPA/ABACA
Prince Georges-Frédéric, 41, hopes to rehabilitate a family whose name has been tainted by its sulphurous past.
Correspondent in Berlin
Elegantly dressed in a black suit, a white shirt and a bottle green tie, the crown prince of the Hohenzollern family, Georges-Frédéric, appeared all smiles on Thursday March 9 in front of the German press to announce his intention toto “encourage the critical study” of the history of his family and of the last generations of the Prussian dynasty. He also renounces the restitution of 4000 various objects and real estate, expropriated after the war by the Soviet occupier.
“I waive these rights and wish to open a calm debate”, said the 46-year-old prince, godfather to one of the Windsors, but above all great-grandson of the very controversial Prince Wilhelm (“William III”), whose links with the Nazi regime have prevented the rehabilitation of the family for decades Hohenzollern. “Crown Prince William has at times sympathized with the National Socialists and I say it clearly: one who indulges in right-wing extremism…
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