Hungary appoints its last royal heir to be ambassador to Paris

You might not have guessed this, but the son of the last heir to the Hungarian throne, György Habsburg, a diplomat and journalist, will become Hungary’s next ambassador to Paris. However, he is not the first noble diplomat to be appointed ambassador, as the Orbán government has entrusted French relations to the offsprings of blue-blooded families before.

According to Index, this time, the new blue-blooded diplomat will be György Habsburg, the last grandson of Karl I, or as he was known in Hungary: IV. Károly (Charles IV) and the son of Otto Habsburg. He will be sent to Paris by the government to become the new ambassador. The aristocratic György – who has dual citizenship: Austrian and Hungarian – will have his official hearing by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament on Monday, but

there seem to be hardly any professional concerns about the candidate.

The 55-year old György Habsburg, who has an aristocratic bloodline, has held various diplomatic positions since as early as 1996. According to the latest information, he has worked as an extraordinary travelling ambassador before and has also represented the interests of the Hungarian Olympic Committee abroad. Last year, György held a speech at the University of Public Service, where he spoke about how he was able to retain his media interests despite having a tremendous duty as a representative of Hungarian foreign affairs.