What Sort of Man Was Archduke Ferdinand?

We donâ??t think of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as a great joke-teller. That pudgy face, the piercing eyes, the overblown military attire complete with green-feathered plumed helmet, worn so ostentatiously on that fateful day, donâ??t seem the hallmarks of a comic. And yet according to his great-granddaughter, Anita Hohenberg, he had a keen sense of humour. Take the time he was out on a shoot and on being alerted to the proximity of a white chamois, took aim and killed it with one shot. â??Bravo, your highness!â? cried his followers. â??Franzi, Franzi, why did you kill a white chamois? It will bring bad luck,â? cried his wife, Sophie. â??Donâ??t worry,â? the Archduke replied. â??There is always a reason why one has to die one day.â?