Self-declared heir to defunct throne is trying to build on small monarchist movement
Bertrand Maria José Pio Januário Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orleans e Bragança e Wittelsbach has a regal name but no crown — which is what he craves.
The 78-year-old lawyer has been more active than ever in recent months, hosting royalist lunches and dinners. He opened a Twitter account that gathered 20,000 followers in two weeks. One of his first was Eduardo Bolsonaro, a congressman and second son of the president. He sat flanked by a priest, a judge and a congressman who sipped glasses of cheap Chilean merlot and referred to him as “your highness.” A paper imperial flag of Brazil — also green and yellow but with the coat of arms of the Empire of Brazil at the center instead of the motto “Order and Progress,” which is much despised by monarchists — was placed atop the table. A vast one made of fabric hung outside the building.
Two impeachments, a string of corruption scandals and a brutal recession proved that republicanism had damaged Brazil, Dom Bertrand said. But it also gave rise to Bolsonaro and a reinvigorated royalist spirit being fanned through social media.
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