His Royal Highness the Infante Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938-2015)
Don Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma, Infante of Spain, Prince of the Two-Sicilies and Duke of Calabria passed away at his state in Ciudad Real on October 5, 2015, at 5:20 pm. His Royal Highness, doyen of the Knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece, was very close to his cousin King Juan Carlos, who created him Infante of Spain in 1994 and is survived by his mother, the Infanta Alicia, his wife, Princess Anne of France, their five children, Cristina, María, Pedro, Inés and Victoria, numerous grandchildren and his two sisters.
As it is the wish of HM the King, and as it befits his condition of Infante of Spain, Don Carlos will be interred in Pantheon of the Infantes at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial on Thursday, after a private funeral mass. His son Prince Pedro announced that another funeral mass will be held later.