the sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives – by having herself pictured on the front cover of Bunte magazine dressed in little more than a blue-and-white Bavarian flag.

Ludwig is a representative of the House of Wittelsbach, which ruled Bavaria until the end of the monarchy in 1918 ... Bavaria's state flags were flying around the Odeonsplatz square, and regional ...

On the night of the "Beer Hall Putsch" of November 8 1923, when Hitler attempted to seize power with the ostensible aim of restoring the Bavarian monarchy, the prince refused to lend his support ...

The Guglmänner see themselves as protectors of the Bavarian monarchy and are largely responsible for the conspiracy theories surrounding Ludwig's death. Ludwig II was found dead in shallow waters ...