British Royal Family ... why are Americans so fascinated?

I forgot, a magnificent film about Ludwig II.

"Ludwig", made in 1972 and directed by the great Italian maestro Luchino Visconti, starring Helmut Berger as Ludwig II and Romy Schneider looking absolutely gorgeous as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, bizarrely Trevor Howard as Richard Wagner and Gert Fröbe (formerly Mr. Goldfinger) as Pater Hoffmann.

Ludwig (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I, their only son Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria died in a very strange murder-suicide pact with his mistress Baroness Marie von Vetsera at The Imperial Hunting Lodge at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods....known historically as The Mayerling Incident.

Because Crown Prince Rudolf decided to do this....and had no issue....the crown would end up with his Uncle Karl Ludwig's son....Archduke Franz Ferdinand, yes that one.

Read about it here:

Mayerling Incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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