She first went to her husband's sister-in-law Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset who married prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma. After staying at their castle for a while she had to flee the German forces again to Portugal and later to London. Her husband and children went to the US. Her oldest son Jean trained in the British army and was one of the colonels for trooping the colour for a very long time. 
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Is it true that when she fled Luxembourg in 1940, shortly after the German invasion, that the people said (I'm paraphrasing) "Tell our sovereign that we stand by her decision 100% ... that upon her return we will carry her on our shoulders and not let her stand"? And later on, she made a triumphant return to the country, where her subjects shouted "Madame, we adore you!"?
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