Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy's last king, dies aged 86

Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the only son of Italy's last king, died in Geneva at 86. Born in the southern Italian city of Naples, he left his homeland as a 9-year-old when his father Umberto II was forced to leave following the 1946 national referendum which abolished the monarchy and established a republic.