A royal visit
Lusitania and Vettonia woke up yesterday with the new that the government was going to revoke decree 200/1900, by which any member or close relative of the royal house, deposed in that year, was forbidden to enter the country.
In 1900, Colonel Cano overthrew the monarchy of the young King Hugo II. He was forced to sign his abdication and immediately went into exile. The government of the First Republic of Lusitania and Vettonia signed a decree preventing any member of his family from returning, for fear of restoration.

Hugo II in 1889
This decree was never rescinded. Hugo II died in exile in 1972, during the communist dictatorship. After 72 years of claiming to be the legitimate head of state, he died without honours or remembrance. He only received a posthumous condemnation from Macaobado, Comrade President in those years.

Hugo II in exile in 1944
Despite this, his son, Fernando Manuel Ágrara, was proclaimed King in Exile from abroad. A position he has maintained to this day, when, thanks to the efforts of the government, he has landed at the age of 94 in a country he has never known and which has always repudiated him.

Fernando Manuel Ágrara (right) during an act in honor of his father in 1974
This act is a reconciliation of Lusitania and Vettonia with their own past. Fernando Manuel was welcomed by Elisa Ubrique and Jose Miguel Orato. He drove through the main streets of Emérita Augusta under the watchful eye of a few dozen royalists, a minority in the country.

Fernando Manuel in a recent image
The self-proclaimed King of Lusitania and Vettonia was accompanied to the Palace of Grandil, the seat of the Head of State. There, in a private ceremony, he swore in the Constitution and the Republic. He is expected to attend a dinner in his honour at the palace this evening. He is not expected to speak to the press until his situation is regularised. If he wants to, he can stay in the country now with his large family.
It is expected that in the coming days the government could anounce a constitutional reform in order to allow the Royal Family to participate in political affairs in spite off the opposition from the left parties. But after the swearing of the Constitution it would not be a problem, according to government sources.