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I’m headed towards Tavolara,
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off the coast of Sardinia,
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a little island that supposedly is the smallest kingdom in the world.
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I’m going to meet the king...
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who has a restaurant.
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Named for its distinctive table-shaped mountain,
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Tavolara is only a quarter of a mile wide, and less than three miles from the coast.
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Today, it’s home to only eleven residents.
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And a seafront restaurant run by its most illustrious inhabitant.
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Tonino.
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[in Italian] - Hi. - Hello.
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[in Italian] So...
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Ninety-two-year-old Tonino Bertoleoni is the King of Tavolara.
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[in Italian] Beautiful day.
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[in Italian] Yes!
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[in Italian] Today is perfect.
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[in Italian] Yes, yes, yes.
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[in Italian] - Luckily. - Yes.
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His family have laid claim to this tiny island
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since his great-great-grandfather took the reins in 1836.
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[in Italian] So, it was Giuseppe Bertoleoni,
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my ancestor
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of Genoese origin.
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And one day he decided to come to Sardinia
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with his boat.
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He saw this mountain here -
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[in Italian] Yes.
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and settled in the island of Tavolara.
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Though no official records exist of Giuseppe’s arrival on the island,
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his storied reign began after an improbable encounter
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with the King of Sardinia,
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Charles Albert of Savoy.
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[in Italian] The Savoys
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heard about this Bertoleoni who had taken these islands,
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and wanted to get to know this Giuseppe Bertoleoni.
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Giuseppe Bertoleoni
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told King Charles Albert,
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he told him, "You are the king of Piedmont and Sardinia,
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but I am the king of Tavolara."
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This joke.
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And King Charles Albert, when he heard this,
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that he said this joke,
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he said, "Well, I will name him King of Tavolara for real."
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He took pen and paper and wrote,
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“Giuseppe Bertoleoni, born" — and so on — "King of Tavolara.”
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In the 1860s, during the Italian Unification,
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Sardinia was absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy.
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But Tavolara maintained its independence,
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producing another five kings, and two queens.
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Today, Tonino is the living legacy of this two hundred-year-old fairytale.
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But to find out how this kingdom has managed to stay sovereign,
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I’m going to meet the rest of the family at a royal banquet...
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of sorts.
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The crown jewel of the kingdom is the family restaurant, Da Tonino.
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They serve whatever they can get their hands on,
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meaning seafood.
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Giuseppe and I join the rest of the royals for appetizers and formal introductions.
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[in Italian] -Cheers. -Cheers.
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We’re starting with spaghetti with clams and bottarga,
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which is dried Sardinian mullet roe.
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[in Italian] Delicious.
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[in Italian] I love bottarga.
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[in Italian] Oh, yes.
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Mmmm.
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This is really good.
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[in Italian] This is my grandfather.
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[in Italian] Grandfather.
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Brothers, wife, and grandchildren.
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This photograph…
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Queen Victoria
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had it in Buckingham Palace.
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And it has written on it:
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"The smallest kingdom in the world,
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Tavolara Island."
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This black and white portrait is the family’s most prized possession.
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Amazing. I love that.
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[in Italian] Yes.
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Proof that their royal lineage was once respected around the world.
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Oh, my!
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Gorgeous. Gorgeous.
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Oh my god.
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[in Italian] Thank you.
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[in Italian] Dad.
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[in Italian] - Just a bit. - What can I give you?
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[in Italian] Okay, that is enough.
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Okay.
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[in Italian] Delicious.
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[in Italian] - Anyway, it is good, isn't it? - Delicious.
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In 1946,
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Italy voted to abolish its monarchy and depose the King of Savoy,
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rendering Tavolara’s royal recognition meaningless.
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Which put an end to the island’s independence.
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[in Italian] To me, this is a kingdom.
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[in Italian] - Yes. - Of course.
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[in Italian] - Yes, yes, yes.
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Yeah.
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[in Italian] - Thank you. - Thank you.
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[in Italian] King!
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[in Italian] - Thank you. - Thank you.
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Kingdom or no Kingdom,
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Tonino is still the beloved ruler of this little paradise.
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Just ask his royal subjects.
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A Sardinian writer once said,
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‘if Sardinia is an island,
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then every Sardinian
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is an island unto themselves.’
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Its isolation has given traditions both weird and wonderful.
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And some might say,
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it’s even made fairy tales
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come true.
