In 1900, Umberto I, king of Italy, was assassinated at Monza by anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

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The President spoke with President Karzai of Afghanistan, Prime Minister, Monti of Italy, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar, President Putin of Russia, and President Rajoy of Spain.

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Mr Berlusconi's spokesman explains that he could not, after all, attend last week's hearing in Rome mainly because of a visit to Italy by King Juan Carlos of Spain.

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But Alan Maryon-Davis, honorary Professor of Public Health at King's College London suggests that Italy is a more cohesive and less divided society than ours.

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Charles, who will be head of the Church of England if he becomes king, will spend two days in Italy with Camilla.

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He is an unapologetic monarchist (Italy hasn't had a king since before Mussolini) and keeps a photo of Queen Elizabeth in his office.

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