Rumour has it that the Grand Chancellor of the Order of the Saints Maurice and Lazarus has been replaced - though not officially - by the Order's Treasurer, Robert Matossian. So now it would seem that the Order's foreign delegations report directly to Matossian instead of Johannes Niederhauser.

If there is any truth in the news, changing a Grand Chancellor like a shirt reveals quite a mess, not to say a tremor of panic shooting through the upper echelons of the Order and, as always, gives rise to the worst possible impression; especially as it so closely follows on the heels of the vacating of that very position by Emanuele Filiberto's, which still awaits explanation.

Whatever the case, amidst the dwindling number of followers, the obtuse can be relied upon to stick to (the Communist n.t.): "I don't understand but I will adapt".

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Letter from H.M. King Simeon of Bulgaria to the Princesses Maria Gabriella and Maria Beatrice of Savoy: original scan , translation .