Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies has confirmed her relationship with France’s far-right presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella. The princess, also known as Duchess of Calabria and Palermo, is the eldest daughter and heiress of Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro.
Celebrity magazine Paris Match reported that pictures taken on holiday in Corsica showed the couple cozying up to each other. “The idyll that no-one expected,” read the headline.
Rumors of their love affair have been circulating since January when they were seen together at an event in Paris marking the 200th anniversary of Le Figaro newspaper.
Bardella, who is president of the Rassemblement National (RN) party, has parried questions about his personal life during interviews. He views his private life as his “last space of liberty.”
According to BBC, Bardella will run for the French presidency next year if a court rules in July that historic party leader Marine Le Pen is ineligible because of a conviction for misuse of EU parliamentary funds.