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She carried a white parasol made of leather in addition to a concealing fan to hide her face from the curious.
As Geneva shuttered itself in mourning, Elisabeth's body was placed in a triple coffin: two inner ones of lead, the third exterior one in bronze, reposing on lion claws. It was festively inaugurated in 1894 by the church dignitaries and later named "Elisabeth Fountain". A heavily fictionalized version of Elisabeth's younger years is portrayed in a 1997 animated children's series, Princess Sissi. Their correspondence increased during their last years, however, and their relationship became a warm friendship. Franz Joseph remarked to Prince Liechtenstein, who was the couple's devoted equerry, "That a man could be found to attack such a woman, whose whole life was spent in doing good and who never injured any person, is to me incomprehensible".It is also possible that if Elisabeth had not dismissed her other attendants that day, an entourage larger than one lady-in-waiting could have discouraged Lucheni, who had been following the Empress for several days, awaiting an opportunity.
In reality, however, in an act of " propaganda of the deed", he had stabbed Elisabeth with a sharpened needle file that was 4 inches (100 mm) long (used to file the eyes of industrial needles) that he had inserted into a wooden handle. Will Stefano survive a life that entails more than a switch from being a tenor to being the soprano Prima Donna just like how he was able to survive his father’s obsession?It was later acquired by the nation of Greece (now the Greek National Tourism Organization) and converted to a museum.