From https://diemaechtigstenfamilienderwelt.ch/2020/01/25/haus-savoyen/
Although the Savoys are close to the Vatican, they nevertheless produced at least two Freemasons. The Freemasons and the Vatican/clergy were enemies from the beginning, fighting each other with propaganda, agitation, and intrigue. In the past, the Vatican repeatedly encouraged the persecution of Freemasons, while the Freemasons promoted enlightenment and the separation of church and state. After World War II, the two groups appear to have negotiated a kind of truce. From then on, the Catholic Church was able to establish itself among the people of the USA and Great Britain. Previously, Catholics had been discriminated against there. Until the beginning of the 19th century, Catholics were a small minority in the USA. To this day, there are hardly any Catholics among the elite of either country. Only one British Prime Minister was baptized Catholic (Boris Johnson), but even he was later confirmed Anglican. Besides Joe Biden, only one US President was a Catholic: the assassinated Kennedy. All other US presidents have been Protestants, and almost a third of them were Freemasons. The Pilgrim Fathers of the USA were Puritans (Protestants) and therefore probably disliked the Vatican. Since the beginning of the 18th century, Catholics were excluded from the British line of succession, and heirs to the throne were not allowed to marry Catholics. The law was changed in 2015. Incidentally, the British royal family was one of the most important Masonic families of the last 200 years.
Amadeus I (1845-1890) was the first known Freemason from the House of Savoy. He was King of Spain from 1871 to 1873. He lifted the ban on Freemasons that had existed in Spain until then. Eventually, Amadeus voluntarily abdicated and the first Spanish Republic was founded, which from then on was ruled by politicians, many of whom were Freemasons. The Republic lasted for almost two years, but was then replaced by a monarchy and members of the House of Bourbon regained power in Spain. Amadeus’s second wife was Maria Letizia Bonaparte, a niece of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Maria’s father, Napoléon Joseph, and her grandfather Jérôme were Freemasons, as were other members of the Bonaparte family. The Freemason Napoléon Joseph Bonaparte also married into the House of Savoy.
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy (*1937 [✝2024]) met Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. As mentioned, he was a member of the P2 [Italian Masonic Lodge] and is also a member of the Order of Malta. He has been to court several times: In the 1970s, he was investigated for international arms trafficking. He brokered the sale of 300 combat helicopters to his friend, the Shah of Persia. The helicopters eventually ended up in Jordan, Taiwan, and South Africa. Victor Emmanuel became rich through these arms sales, according to a cousin. In 1978, he fired several shots that killed 19-year-old German Dirk Hamer. It was allegedly an accident. In 1991, Victor Emmanuel was acquitted of the charge of intentional homicide but received a six-month suspended sentence for illegal possession of weapons. Dirk Hamer was the son of convicted alternative medicine practitioner Ryke Geerd Hamer, a conspiracy theorist who developed his own Germanic medical science. In 2006, Victor Emmanuel was arrested. He was accused of founding a criminal organization responsible for corruption and the exploitation of prostitutes. Victor Emmanuel had contacts in the gambling industry and allegedly procured young prostitutes for visitors to a casino. During this investigation, other people were investigated for corruption, extortion, money laundering, and mafia connections. One of the suspects was Victor Emmanuel’s cousin Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the head of the non-reigning royal family of Bulgaria. Simeon was also Prime Minister of Bulgaria. He was accused of accepting bribes and helping an Italian businessman obtain public contracts in Bulgaria. Victor Emmanuel served as an intermediary. Three Carabinieri (police officers) were also investigated. She was suspected of passing information from a database to Victor Emmanuel and his associates. Victor Emmanuel was ultimately acquitted.
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