The Italian Army during the second world war was a Royal Army with King Victor Emmanuel III as Commander-in-Chief . However dictator and Prime Minister Mussolini and the facist party were in true ...

Canny King Umberto took out £1,000,000 insurance a short time before he was assassinated in 1900. Victor Emmanuel III acquired not only a throne but lots of money. He collected old coins ...

The last figurehead King, Victor Emmanuel III, remained until 1946, when he abdicated in favour of his son, Umberto II in an attempt to save the monarchy. However, the Italian people voted for a ...