But especially the one who was their witness and who is also the godfather of their son, Jean-Christophe Napoléon, distant cousin of Joachim Murat and official head of the imperial family at 36 years old. The young man, married since 2019 with Countess Olympia, descendant of the last Emperor of Austriamade a very rare public appearance there: apart from the annual ceremony commemorating the death of the Emperor, he almost never appeared in public, just like his older sister Caroline or his two younger half-sisters Sophie and Ahn.
And he was not the only member of a royal family to have made the trip. Among the witnesses, in particular, had for example slipped Prince Leka of Albania, who could become the king of the country if Albania returns to the monarchyBaron Marc de Sambucy de Sorgue, Baron Jean-Christon von Pfetten and Naguib Sawiris.
Among the other members of royal families, there was also Princess Maria-Pia of Savoy, daughter of the last king of Italy (and aunt of Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy), and her daughter, Princess Helena of Yugoslavia. Crown Prince Mohamed Ali of Egypt and Princess Noal Zaher of Afghanistan also made the trip, as well as Charles-Philippe d’Orléans, in his uniform of the Order of Saint Lazarus, and Naomi Kern.
Finally, the former ministers Rachida Dati and Michèle Alliot-Marie were present as well as certain members of the Dassault family.