Posted by Lorenzo
on 13/10/2009, 11:52:05, in reply to "Re: Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, father of Queen Paola"
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He was not a senator for a fascist party, he was a senator during Fascism.
Contrary to the present Italian republic, where senators are politicians like all members of parliament, during the kingdom, senators were life peers, appointed by the king on proposal of the government, for various reasons: illustrious citizens, owners of large estates or industrialists, etc. Of course they were not likely to be oppontents of the Fascist party, but were not career politicians.
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: What makes the headline so scandalous? He wasa
: senator for a fascist party and he was
: Paola's father, so the headline seems
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: I saw it in VRT Teletext and I thought the
: headline of the page was scandalous: 'Father
: Paola Fascist Senator'.
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: It was an insinuating headline which was far
: beyond truth and scandalous for a public
: broadcaster as VRT to place it.
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