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Kaiser Adolf I traveled back to Italy to resume

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his life as Wolfgang, under his diplomatic asylum

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agreement he signed in 1961. At the time, if

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my registration details were processed, I became

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the only technically eligible child under the

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very strict constitutional monarchy of Germany

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great -grandchild rule. Before he heard about

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my parents, checked things over, and then traveled

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to Australia, Kaiser Adolf thought that if he

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died my imperial Hohenzollern family of Germany

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was over. The theme was all through everything

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he was involved in prior to 1972, including the

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music. When he returned to his place of residence,

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he thought over the situation. My birth registration

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details were processed on the 26th of January,

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1972 and a record for my birth, birthplace, home

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address, parents, etc. was added to the publicly

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available lists for births, deaths and marriages,

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Victoria, Australia. Kaiser Adolf read it over

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it for a while, checking the publicly available

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registrar records to see if my name appeared

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and matched the details in his notebook. It was

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deeply serious to him. He checked the records

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in February 1972 and my birth registration details

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appeared as a new entry. it became clear to him

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i was technically eligible no arguments he settled

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down and went through what he would need to do

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how to complete me becoming his rightful heir

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under the rules the rules which all my imperial

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family members preferred he was like a voiceover

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in my life constantly after i was born there

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is always something weird about being revived

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by someone else from not breathing and no pulse

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some people become intellectually inseparable

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afterwards kaiser adolf had that isn't reviving

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someone like that the coolest thing ever attitude

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afterwards like so many other people who have

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done it Kaiser Adolf had the means to actually

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put together documents naming me his heir correctly.

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His imperial seal die matrix he hid in his cell

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for over 15 years was in his personal safe in

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Italy. He had last used it to wax authorised

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documents in October 1943 before he went missing

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from the hotel dinner in Berlin in December that

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year. There was only one problem, he needed to

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use his real name and signature on the documents

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or they would not be valid and that was not allowed

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under his Italian diplomatic asylum agreement.

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He thoroughly went through the proper legal scenario

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as it was for him when he was made heir to his

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cousin Kaiser Wilhelm Hohenzollern II in 1903

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when he was 13. He went through all the details,

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sketched them out, did flowcharts and jotted

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down what he needed to do to get it officially

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taken in by both countries called Germany. He

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thought over what building he owned at the time

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would be best to be my official imperial residence

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when the time came if he abdicated or died. He

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went round and round with it and always came

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back to the same conclusion. Wielsburg Castle.

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In the end, it was the best choice security -wise

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and in good condition. He was not ignorant of

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life in Germany when he was a resident of Italy.

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In the end he decided he was going to do it and

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name me as heir if Italian authorities gave him

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permission to use his real name and signature

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on the required documents. It was a genuine logical

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attempt to do the morally correct, responsible

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thing in a larger context than his own situation.

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If they did not give him permission, he thought

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he may have had to try to leave Italy and move

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elsewhere. He approached the Italian secret service

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and told them he wanted to name an heir to my

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German imperial family. He told them he had all

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means necessary but had to use his real name

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and signature or the documents would not be valid.

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Their secret service went away and had a gossipy

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conversation about the possibilities and then

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decided to let him do it. They sent someone back

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to him who told him he could use his real name

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and signature to name an heir provided he signed

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a new diplomatic asylum agreement with extra

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clauses added. The clauses stated he could only

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use his real name and signature on documents

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pertaining to his heir to my royal family. He

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went home and carefully wrote the documents editing

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them several times until he was happy with them.

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then decided to use paper and wax chosen to look

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like my eyes blue green gold yellow gold red

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orange red and a bit of pink purple and prepared

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them he wrote the documents out in pencil in

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very formal script and made enough copies then

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went over them with ink it took him days of work

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when they were all ready he signed his real signature

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which he managed to get correct and got his sealed

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die matrix out from his personal safe he used

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the new wax available at the time all you had

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to do was blob enough on the page and then seal

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it quickly and let it dry He fitted together

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the pieces of his titanium imperial seal die

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matrix he hid in his prison cell in Yugoslavia

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and guarded for over 15 years, blobbed molten

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modern wax onto the paper, and pushed his matrix

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into the bright red wax which had been chosen

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to match the red in my eyes, remarkably similar

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to the red in his. There are a lot of similarities

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between my eyes and my great -grandfather's.

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It worked perfectly well. My great -grandfather

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then had a meeting with the Italian authorities

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again and laid down the details of what needed

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to be done. What the procedure was, what documents

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needed to be sent where, what he would keep copies

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of, and the details of the documents with an

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Italian agent. He gave that person a copy of

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the authorization documents with no signatures

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or seals saying they could keep them for their

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records. He pointed out how serious it was and

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the Italian intelligence agent involved promised

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never to tell anyone of it. The agent then went

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away and followed Kaiser Adolf's instructions.

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After he finished and placed the blanks in storage

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he went out for a few beers. He went to a local

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pub where there were always people aware of who

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Wolfgang really was but never said anything unless

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they were pretending to have a chat about faked

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history and pretending Kaiser Adolf was evil.

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He sat down at a table and before he had finished

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his first beer he had told everyone at the table

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all about it. Including several people involved

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in an association football club in the German

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Bundesliga. When they returned to Germany with

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the gossip news they immediately started saying

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there is an heir to the German imperial family

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now during matches. They won the Bundesliga that

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year. I became his imperial highness Prince Brian

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J. Webber Hohenzollern and then immediately crowned

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prince of the constitutional monarchy of Germany

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as well. I was one month old. Kaiser Adolf kept

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all the relevant documents and copies for me

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as well. Both Kaiser Adolf and myself as his

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new Crown Prince Brian were in and out of hospital

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over the next few years repeatedly. In most instances,

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if not all, directly due to attacks by others.