The new medium radically changed the everyday life of the Wittelsbach family. On the one hand, the ruling house used the new technology for advertising purposes, on the other hand, bold paparazzi caused great annoyance.
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Hans Kratz
The great media stars of the 19th century definitely include the Bavarian King Ludwig II and his cousin, the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, known as Sisi. They owe their global fame, which continues to this day, not least to photography, the invention of which made the hype around these figures possible in the first place. Gradually, almost all royal families in the world basked in the glow of the flashlight, but sometimes they also suffer from it, as the upheavals in the British royal family best prove.