True, M of G lives in Paris now and is a distant heir to that Bourbon family that came to no good end in the revolution. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have the right R stuff. Discussing a novel he recently published in which he argues (shades of Dan Brown) the real heir to the lost French throne is an Indian, M of G thusly spoke:
"The more unbelievable it is, the more I believe in it."
See what I mean? The guy's a natural R.
Meanwhile:
From his home in the Bhopal suburbs, Mr Bourbon, 48, [the Indian in question] said he would be glad to take a DNA test, but remained stoical about the "hypothetical question" of whether he was heir to the throne. Conscious of the bloody outcome for royals in France, he felt royal status could bring "trouble", not to mention questions from skeptical historians.
(More from the Guardian...)
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