If the EU learnt the lessons of the Habsburg empire then Brexit might not have happened, says descendant
by David Maddox
Jun 23, 2024
3 minutes
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When Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen was at school, his history teacher would be going through an episode in Europe’s chronicles and note: “That's something Mr Habsburg surely knows about.”
He would be referring to the many events linked to the 850-year history of the Habsburg empire which touched almost every corner of Europe right up until the end of the First World War.
Mr Habsburg - now Hungary’s ambassador to the - admitted that at the time he did not know as much as someone from such an eminent family perhaps
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