Royals Trade Titles for Mr in America Prince Pignatelli Case
Rob Roberts reports on a dramatic American legal turn as Prince Ludovic and Prince Guido Pignatelli, Spanish and Italian royals, face indictment and conviction in a New York federal case. The piece traces a century of European aristocracy swapping crowns for common names amid high society, dueling reputations, and palace intrigue.
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America
New York
Prince Taudovic Pignatelli
Broadway
Federal
U. S
Pignatelli
House of Detention
New York City
Princes Pignatelli
Ludovic
Guido Pignatelli
Atlantic
Park Avenue
Europe
Old
Spain
Mary L. Duke
Guido
Italy
Constance Wilcox
Henrietta Hartford
Edward V. Hartford
Constance
Empire State
Prince Ludovic Pignetelli
Battle of Pignatelli Princes Ends in Guilty Verdicts
The court case centered on Ludovic Pignatelli and Guido Pignatelli, with extortion and fake royalty claims. Ludovic and William Gibson were found guilty, while Guido faced competing claims and a dramatic legal showdown over the Pignatelli name amid a web of marriages and divorces involving wealthy socialites.
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Ludovic
Prince Pignatelli
Guido
Pignatelli
Miami
Bar Harbor
U.S. A
William L. Gibson
Theodore Bolduc
WPA
Gibson
Pignati
Ludov
Galston
Priv
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By Rob Roberts
Ruth Morgan Waters
Atlantic City
King
Quince
McGee
Uncle Sam
Clarence G. Galston
Ludo
Laura Rospigliosi
Rospizkosi
Prince Ludovic Pignatelli
Pignatellis