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² Courrter Royal, 12 10, 1934Google Scholar. Published under the direction of the Comte de Paris, Courrier Royal was the official organ of liaison and propaganda of the House of France from 1934 to 1940.

³ “Ce n'est pas avec les mauvais principes de la Revolution Frangaise qu'on chassera les principes de la Révolution Russe, car ce sont les mênes.” Ibid., July 11, 1936.

⁴ Comte de Paris, Faillite d'un Régime: Essai sur le Gouvernement de Demain (Paris, 1936), pp. 31–33. Unless otherwise indicated all works cited are those of the Comte de Paris.Google Scholar

⁵ Ibid., p. 33.

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⁸ Courrier Royal, 11 23, 1935.Google Scholar

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²⁰ In his exposition of the program of the Jeunesses Patriotes, René Rémond wrote: “Le programme social, teinté de neo-corporatisme comme tous les programmes de la droite autoritaire, prévoit la limitation du travail, une charte sociale, l'association des travailleurs.” La Droite en France (Paris, 1954), p. 202. Italics mine.Google Scholar

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²³ “… Si l'on nous offrait le trône de France et qu'il fallut verser du sang français pour le saisir, nous dirions jamais …” Quoted in Petit Journal, 11 28, 1934.Google Scholar

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²⁵ The many interesting, and sometimes controversial, episodes of the Comte de Paris' career fall without the scope of this paper. Suffice it to say that the abrogation of the Law of Exile, June, 1950, can be interpreted as a blanket approval of his activities since 1934. The Comte de Paris inherited the mantle of pretender upon the death of the Due de Guise, August, 1940.

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²⁸ Ibid., p. 145.

²⁹ Ibid., pp. 146–47

³⁰ “A l'échelle humaine,” Bulletin Mensuel, 01 13, 1949.Google Scholar

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³⁵ Ibid.

³⁶ The number of royalists in post-war France has been estimated at 100,000. Carrefour, 02 17, 1950.Google Scholar

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³⁸ The Comte, Comtesse de Paris and their twelve children have many of the attributes one would look for in a royal family.