Lisbon, July 2014. The
Grand Master of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George
visited Portugal from 3-5 July 2014 at the invitation of the Head of the
Portuguese Royal House, HRH The Duke of Braganza.
HRH Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, was
accompanied on this important visit by his wife, HRH Princess Camilla,
Duchess of Castro, and his two daughters, HRH Princess Maria Carolina,
Duchess of Palermo and HRH Princess Maria Chiara, Duchess of Capri, and
senior officials of the Constantinian Order.
The visit commenced with a formal dinner held in honour of TRH The Duke
and Duchess of Castro hosted by TRH The Duke and Duchess of Braganza at
their historic Sintra home. Among those attending were senior members of
the Portuguese, French, Austrian and Spanish royal and noble families.
The three-day visit to Portugal also witnessed the presence of the
Neapolitan Royal Family together with the Portuguese Royal Family at the
traditional festivities honouring Saint Queen Isabel of Portugal in
Coimbra.
The visit to Portugal ended with a farewell dinner in honour of the
Grand Master and his wife set in the beautiful surroundings of the
Castle Forte da Cruz on the Estoril Coast, the residence of Dona Diane
Barros de Polignac and hosted by the Constantinian Order’s Delegate to
Portugal HE Dr. Miguel Horta e Costa, Baron of Santa Cumba Dão. Among
those attending were the Mayor of Cascais, the Ambassadors of the
Italian Republic and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the
Portuguese Republic, HSH Prince Peter von Hohenberg, grandson of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, HE Mr Anthony Bailey,
Delegate of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in
Great Britain and Ireland and Magistral Delegate for Inter-Religious
Relations and his wife HSH Princess Marie-Therese von Hohenberg and
members of leading Portuguese and other European noble families.
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