 Vittorio Emanuele also dropped his case at the European Court of Human Rights.In February 2002, Vittorio Emanuele and his son Emanuele Filiberto wrote a signed letter, published through a law firm, in which they formally expressed their loyalty to the Constitution of Italy.On 23 October 2002, the provision in the constitution that barred male members of the former royal house from returning to Italy was repealed.