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Rome, October 22nd, 2021 – H.R.H. the Grand Master, accompanied by H.E. Prince Don Francesco Ruspoli, met the new Secretary General of the Defense and National Director of Armament, General Luciano Portolano, who was given the decorations of Knight Grand Cross of Merit.

During his long and prestigious career, General Portolano has participated in multiple Operations and Missions in which the Italian Armed Forces have contributed to international stability, security and peace, and to protect and safeguard vital and strategic national interests.

On October 26th, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Head of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies and Grand Master, was received by H.E. Fra’ Marco Luzzago of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

During their meeting, H.E. Fra’ Marco Luzzago was offered the most important honor of the Constantinian Order, that is the Constantinian Collar.

H.R.H. the Head of the Royal House was accompanied by H.R.H. Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prefect, by H.E. Don Francesco, Prince Ruspoli, Grand Chancellor, by Dr. Giampaolo Grazian, Secretary General and by H.H. Prince Don Lelio Orsini d’Aragona, Delegate of Rome and Latium.

Rome, October 25th, 2021 – Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Head of the Royal House and founder of the Constantinian Order Charity Onlus, met the Ugandan Ambassador, H.E. Elizabeth Paula Napeyok, at the Ugandan Embassy in Rome to formalize the donation of 15,000 FFP2 masks in favour of some hospitals in Uganda. A quantity of 5,000 masks will be allocated for the “Bujumbura III Health Center – Saint George Hospital”, a structure that has forty rooms and still welcomes patients from the large rural community of the Igayaza parish, built in 2009 by the Order in the Catholic Diocese of Hoima. Also, about 5,000 masks will go to the Entebbe Pediatric Surgery Center. Finally, another 5,000 devices will be distributed to refugee camps on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

On October 22nd, 2021 H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro and Grand Master and H.E. Prince Don Francesco Ruspoli, Grand Chancellor, received Admiral Nicola Carlone at the Chancellery. He was awarded the diploma and the decoration of Knight Grand Cross of Merit for his work as well as the close bond that links the Order with the Port Authority.