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Karl von Habsburg

Karl von Habsburg

The great nephew of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated in June 1914

The Interview · BBC World Service

August 4, 201423m 27s

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Show Notes

Hardtalk is in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia Herzegovina, to mark the centenary of the start of World War One. Stephen Sackur talks to Karl von Habsburg - the grandson of the last Habsburg Emperor. It was the assassination of his great uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 that set in motion the Great War. Are similar tensions once again on the rise in Europe?