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On 24 October 1929 there was an attempt on the life of Prince Umberto of Italy in Brussels , the day of the announcement of his betrothal to Princess Marie José. The Prince was about to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Belgian Unknown Soldier at the foot of the Colonne du Congress. With a cry of 'Down with Mussolini!' the culprit, Fernando de Rossa, fired a single shot that missed Umberto. De Rosa was arrested and under interrogation claimed to be a member of the Second International.
WI de Rossa's bullet found its target and Umberto died that day? How is this altering History? Does the right of succession falls to Umberto's sister Yolanda or Emmanuele Filiberto Duke of Aosta claims the throne? Could the assassination be used against Mussolini's regime? What happens next?
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