Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Chánh
Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Chánh (born Huế, Vietnam on 12 February 1942) is a self-promoter and self-appointed member of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty (no such organization currently exists), and calls himself and his wife as his-royal-highness Prince and Princess with the titles of Duke and Duchess of Kien Hoa. He claimed to be a descendant, without offering any proof, of Emperor Minh Mang (1791 - 1841), who had 146 children. Over the course of several generations, there are now tens of thousands of offsprings.
In Vietnam
Bửu Chánh attended the National High School at Huế, before earning a B.A. degree in literature at Huế University. From 1982 to 1984, he attended Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, United States where he graduated obtaining a B.S. in Information Science. He then worked as assistant to Colonel Nguyen Be at the Ministry of Rural Revolutionary Development, Chi Linh – Vũng Tàu Center, for the Republic of Vietnam.
From 1971 to 1973, Bửu Chánh claimed without any proof or evidence that he was the General Director of the 4th Tactic Zone at the Ministry of Economy in Saigon and until 1975, he was Assistant General Director of the Vissan Company in the Ministry of Industry, Saigon.
In 1975, Bửu Chánh, his wife Phan Lien and their children immigrated to the United States. There, he founded the Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League and named himself its President. Bửu Chánh is an advocate of the restoration of a constitutional monarchy in Vietnam. He believes that if the people of Vietnam have the opportunity to vote for such a system of government, they would choose it. He has apparently hoped that he would be offered the throne, despite the existence of living Imperial princes whose claims are far senior. The late and last crowned prince of Viet Nam, Prince Buu Long, issued a statement distancing the Vietnamese royal family from Buu Chanh's baseless claim. Buu Chanh's wife, Phan Lien, is often seen wearing yellow long dress, which was revered and only worn by the Queen of Viet Nam.