Parlementary Turmoil Amid Spanish Succession Rumors
Historical dispatches report the Duke of Harcourt arriving on the thirteenth with a long conference with Cardinal Portocarero and a private audience of the Queen. The new King is proclaimed with solemnities as trusted nobles foresee a restoration of regal splendor, while regents plan troop movements between Catalonia Milanese and the Netherlands. Rome and Paris exchange notes on papal diplomacy and the Regency of Spain seeks protection from the most Christian King, prompting uneasy European counsels.