Overall, the Prince’s family, rather than carrying on the status so precious to him, has been a failure. Giovanni didn’t even try to carry on his father’s legacy, cutting it off at the root. And the most recent generation is not recognizable as part of the nobility anymore. This makes the Prince the last of his family and indeed of his class, in terms of having experienced the distinctive traditions of the Sicilian nobility. These experiences will not continue—change is inevitable, no matter how hard people try to resist it.