Overview
- Spanish media report she voluntarily renounced Swiss nationality, triggering the immediate cancellation of her Swiss passport and identity documents.
- Article 30 of the Swiss Civil Code removes the legal validity of surnames recorded in Switzerland after citizenship loss, ending the documentary basis for the Thyssen-Bornemisza name and the baroness title.
- Administratively the noble title is no longer attached to her, though she may continue to be referred to as the baroness in social use.
- Reports say she went to the Catalan civil registry to change her name in Spain and link the step to a bid for Andorran citizenship, a country that generally bars dual nationality.
- Her lawyer declined to confirm or deny the renunciation or any new nationality, while her daughter Carmen has moved to Barcelona to start university.