[annalex]

I am sorry to cut in. You can agree or disagree with His Grace but why is he “pretending”?

[cynwoody]

You can agree or disagree with His Grace but why is he “pretending”?

Because France does not have nobility. Thus, anyone claiming to be French nobility is a figure of fun.

From the dictionary:

pre·tend·er

prəˈtendər/

noun

noun: pretender; plural noun: pretenders

1. a person who claims or aspires to a title or position.

   "the pretender to the throne"

   synonyms:

   claimant, aspirant "a pretender to the throne"

From the Wikipedia:

Prince Charles-Philippe Marie Louis of Orléans, Duke of Anjou (French: Charles Philippe Marie Louis d’Orléans; born 3 March 1973, in Paris) is a member of the House of Orléans. He is the older of two sons of Prince Michel d'Orléans, comte d'Évreux, and his wife the former Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu. His paternal grandfather was Henri, Count of Paris, the Orléanist pretender to the French throne. As such, Charles-Philippe takes the traditional royal rank of petit-fils de France with the style of Royal Highness.

The grandson of a pretender is a pretender.

Nobility has been obsolete since George Washington bailed out after two terms, setting the precedent that there should be no King of the United States. If the United States does not need a king, no nation does.

Not that there is anything wrong with the Pretenders!