Irene of Orange-Nassau, looks on as she arrives at the Santa Maria della Steccata church for the burial of her ex-husband Duke Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma in Parma August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY - Tags: ROYALS OBITUARY) 

Dutch Queen Beatrix (L) and her sister Irene, the ex-wife of Duke Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma, walk towards a chapel close to the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague August 20, 2010. Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma was a direct descendant of Spain's first Bourbon king, Philip V (1683-1746), from whom reigning King Juan Carlos also descends.The remains will later The remains will later be placed in the final resting place in the family crypt in the Italian city of Parma, his family said. REUTERS/ Robin Utrecht/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: OBITUARY ROYALS) 

Dutch Queen Beatrix (L) and her sister Irene, the ex-wife of Duke Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma, walk towards a chapel close to the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague August 20, 2010. Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma was a direct descendant of Spain's first Bourbon king, Philip V (1683-1746), from whom reigning King Juan Carlos also descends.The remains will later The remains will later be placed in the final resting place in the family crypt in the Italian city of Parma, his family said. REUTERS/ Robin Utrecht/Pool (NETHERLANDS - Tags: OBITUARY ROYALS) 

- FILE PHOTO 15OCT01 - Former King of Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir Shah is seen at his residence on the outskirts of Rome in this October 15, 2001 file photo. [As U.S. bombs rain down on Afghanistan's battered land and a parade of international officials seek audiences at the Roman home-in-exile of Zahir Shah, the ex-king touted as a post-Taliban unifying force, foreign powers would do well to study history. ] 

Archduke Michael of Austria (L), Sissi's great grandson and descendant of the Habsburg familiy with his children and his wife the Archduchesse of Austria (3rdR), and ex-King Michael of Romania (2ndR) with his wife (R) attend the unveiling ceremony of a life-size bronze statue of Austria's royal legend Empress Elisabeth known as "Sissi" at the lakeside in Geneva September 9. The statue stands on the spot where Sissi was stabbed by an Italian a 100 years ago after she left the quayside Hotel Beau-Rivage to board a lake steamer.