Stephane Cardinale / Corbis via Getty Images France might have done away with its monarchy twice - first in 1793 when the French Revolution sent King Louis XVI to the guillotine, and again, in 1870, when Napoleon III was exiled - but that hasn't stopped so-called pretenders to the throne throwing their weight around. The latest instance is from one of a group of three pretenders, each of which thinks he has the strongest case to be the unofficial King of France, Jean d'Orleans, the Count of Paris, whose ancestor was the brother of King Louis XVI. Advertisement The Count of Paris is demanding â¬1 million in damages and the return of the Château dâAmboise