France is marking a special royal
anniversary this year. In light of the anniversary, a year-long
debate has also flared up at a high political level in recent
months. Several senior French politicians want to attempt to have
the Emperor’s remains returned to France. Roger Karoutchi, a member
of the French Republican Party and Deputy Speaker of the French
Senate, has formally made the…
Marine Le Pen, the presidential candidate
for the right-wing National Front Party, announced during a
political speech in Corsica last Saturday that she would bring back
the body of Emperor Napoleon III to France if she wins the
election. Emperor Napoleon III died in 1873…
