ROME. The heirs of Umberto II want the Crown jewels back in a vault of the Bank of Italy since June 1946. And to try to obtain the restitution they will sue the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Economy and the Bank of Italy in the next days. This was reported by the lawyer of the heirs of Umberto II Sergio Orlandi. To ask for the return of the jewels are the prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy and the princesses Maria Gabriella, Maria Pia and Maria Beatrice.
Today the mediation meeting on the restitution was held between the lawyer of the Savoy family, the lawyer Sergio Orlandi and the representatives of the Bank of Italy, the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economy. But the outcome was negative. «At noon – explains the lawyer – today we had the meeting for mediation. Prince Emanuele Filiberto was present, who has the proxies of the heirs. The mediation, which follows a warning I had presented, was not successful. At this point, in a few days, we will proceed to the subpoena, which will be filed shortly ». “The crown jewels – underlines the lawyer Orlandi – have never been confiscated and must be returned to the heirs, we will go to the bottom of the story, we are determined”.