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| Der Graf und die Gräfin von Paris mit ihren Kindern im Mai in Dreux. Foto (c) David Nivière. |
Diese Woche packten der Graf und die Gräfin von Paris ein paar Koffer, nahmen ihre fünf Kinder mit und verließen ihr Zuhause auf dem königlichen Anwesen von Dreux. Dies geschah, nachdem sich die Beziehung zwischen dem Grafen, der das Recht hat, auf dem Anwesen zu leben, und der Fondation Saint-Louis , die das Anwesen verwaltet, deutlich verschlechtert hatte. Prinz Jean d'Orléans erklärte gegenüber L'Écho Républicain : „ Dies ist kein Exil und auch keine Flucht. Ich bringe meine Familie nur an einen anderen Ort, bis sich die Situation verbessert. “
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The Count of Paris believes that the Fondation Saint-Louis, of which he is honorary president, has been slowly trying to make life at Dreux more difficult on the Count and his family. This has included such incidences as foundation staff making derogatory comments about the family’s dog, someone on staff running over one of the chickens that the Orléans children raise, and the foundation’s administration making part of the vegetable garden inaccessible to the family. Prince Jean thinks that the Fondation Saint-Louis has perhaps overextended their security measures by installing CCTV cameras all over the estate, which has created a feeling of a lack of privacy within the Orléans family. Furthermore, during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Fondation Saint Louis instituted new regulations that would limit the daily life of the Count and Countess of Paris and their children. “They took advantage of this period to issue four pages of regulations under the pretext of health security. This document, which I do not recognise as having any legal value, is in fact only a series of measures aimed at us,” Prince Jean stated in his recent comments. “One of the measures obliges us to no longer enter the domain by the main entrance, but to do so by the rampart walk, where they want to install an electric gate: an unnecessary, absurd and dangerous expense since the rampart walk which connects the houses is not made to support cars.”
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| Maison Philidor, home of Madame the Duchess of Montpensier. |
This is not the first clash between the Orléans and the Foundation Saint Louis. In 2016, the foundation took measures to try and end the right of Princess Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Montpensier, to live at the Maison Philidor in Dreux, which has been her home for many years. Ultimately, the foundation relented, and Jean’s mother was able to stay in her home.
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Reaction to the news of the departure of the Count and Countess of Paris has been mostly been met with sympathy. The exception to this would be the statement of Marc Métay, Secretary General of the Fondation Saint-Louis: “What happens between the Saint-Louis Foundation and the Count of Paris is a strictly private matter on which I do not have to comment.” However, Stéphane Bern, a well-known French journalist with connections to many European royal houses, is understanding of concerns of the Count of Paris; moreover, Monsieur Bern is also on the board of directors of the foundation. Bern stated, “We cannot attack our honorary president in this way. It shows a lack of respect towards his father and his grandfather. We must not forget that the foundation exists by the will of the latter. It is paradoxical to attack the Orléans family when one belongs to a foundation whose precise purpose is to defend the family’s heritage. The foundation takes refuge behind the law. Of course, we must respect the rules, but we also must respect the princes of the family of France.” The Mayor of Dreux, Pierre-Frédéric Billet, has also weighed in on the situation: “We have met with Marc Métay. The City is keen to establish a collaboration with the foundation to develop the royal domain [according to the foundation’s plans]. We are going to put in the means for that. But, therefore, I have asked to join the council of administration [of the Fondation Saint-Louis] in the same way as the Mayor of Amboise, who is a member already.” Monsieur Billet continued that the royal domain of Dreux “benefits from the presence of the family of the Count of Paris. They have every right to be there. They are part of the history of Dreux. Many Drouais are also attached to their presence.”
Die Fondation Saint-Louis wurde 1974 von Prinz Henri dem Älteren d'Orléans (1908-1999), Graf von Paris und Oberhaupt des französischen Königshauses, gegründet. Der verstorbene Graf von Paris übertrug der Stiftung folgende Vermögenswerte: das Château d'Amboise, die königliche Domäne von Dreux, die Chapelle Royale Saint-Louis in Dreux, das Château de Bourbon-l'Archambault, die Kirche Notre Dame de la Compassion und die Colonne des Princes de Condé. Nach dem Tod von Henri dem Älteren fungierten sein Sohn Prinz Henri der Jüngere d'Orléans (1933-2019), Graf von Paris, und später sein Enkel Prinz Jean d'Orléans, Graf von Paris, als Ehrenpräsidenten der Stiftung. Die Fondation Saint-Louis wird von einem Verwaltungsrat geleitet; der derzeitige Präsident der Fondation Saint-Louis ist Monsieur François Voss. Kein Mitglied der Familie Orléans hat einen Sitz im Verwaltungsrat der Stiftung, die ihr Vermögen verwaltet. Im Jahr 2011 versuchten die neun überlebenden Kinder von Henri dem Älteren, Graf von Paris, die Fondation Saint-Louis aufzulösen, um die Kontrolle über die ehemaligen Besitztümer ihrer Vorfahren zurückzuerlangen; dieser Prozess endete für die Prinzen und Prinzessinnen von Orléans nicht mit einem Sieg.
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