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Brazilian wannabe royals are on the gossip news for a couple of days. That is because D. Rafael of Orléans-Braganza, heir presumptive of our defunct monarchy, is willing to marry a rich Italian socialite instead of finding a more "suitable" match. D. Bertrand, Head of the House Orléans-Braganza, is threatening to strip D. Rafael of his priviledges and transfer them to his younger sister, D. Maria Gabriela.

Dinastic marriage is a long standing issue among Brazilian monarchists. The Imperial Constitution of Brazil is very strict on the matter: male preference, born in Brazil and from a dinastic marriage sanctioned jointly by the Sovereign and the Senate of Brazil. Some time ago I charted the lineage of the former Brazilian Royal Family and guess what? There have been not a single dinastic marriage in the family for at least 80 years. To make matters worse, half of those guys were born in Europe. Even worse than that, we are now a Republic and nobody really cares about these spoiled brats.

Truth is the former Brazilian royals are absolutely detatched from the real Brazil. They are ultraconservative in a country weary of extremisms, staunchly Catholic among an increasingly Evangelical majority and extremely priviledged on a highly unequal country.