From: Joel D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Friday, April 09, 2004 1:05 PM:
> > TIME TO OPEN GATES, HEARTS: PORTUGUESE PRINCE: Dom Francisco is no ordinary > tourist. He is the great-grandson of the last king of Portugal. "I always > wanted to visit Goa, having heard so much about this beautiful land, but > never got a chance to. I have finally arrived and cannot really explain my > feelings," he revealed. As a tourism professional, Dom Francisco heads Belas > Country Club-Portugal's largest leisure company. While in Goa his primary > interest was to explore the possibility of promoting relations between the > state and Portugal. "I can assure you that the generation that rules > Portugal now has a very open heart to Goa.The only problem is that we are > not very rich any more but that will change because we are now integrated in > Europe." "Now is the time," he says, "to open gates and hearts." (Reuven > Proenca in GT) > I wonder to which �last king of Portugal� Dom Francisco refers to. The last king of Portugal was Dom Miguel II. The latter's father King Dom Carlos and elder brother (would-be successor to the throne) Dom Luis Filipe were shot dead in the heart of Lisbon in February 1908. Dom Miguel, the dead king's second son, rose to the throne but reigned only up to the proclamation of the Republic on October 5, 1910. He went into exile to England, later got married but had no children. So, how come Dom Francisco presents himself as �the great-grandson of the last king of Portugal�? Joel might do well to clarify this from him (if he is still around in Goa). Jorge ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
