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Don't Take Advice from a Habsburg

Eduard Habsburg, with the help of his royal ancestors, wants to fix your marriage, your soul, and your politics.

In one of those satisfying and not exactly untrue fairy tales of European history, this naive young mother defied the odds of a crumbling army and bankrupt treasury to repel her enemies, quiet the skeptics and defend her realm. “One reason to visit Habsburg castle in Switzerland,” Eduard writes, “is because the cafeteria serves not only hamburgers, but also Habsburgers.” Following his Twitter (now X) feed can feel a little like a royalist remake of Eurovision, or perhaps a reality TV show where we gawk at minor celebrities competing in a tropical jungle. In the conclusion to his book, Eduard writes that a more Christian society and government would encourage “its citizens to live an ethical life and not simply to consume and exist in an egotistical way.” Many may sympathize with that end goal even if they recoil from his road map for getting there.

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