 Indeed, in 1987, the Count of Paris has a "designated successor" and the successor was not his eldest son, Henry, but his grandson, Jean d'Orléans.After the death of his father, the new Count of Paris has restored himself as the legitimate heir of the kings of France.Then in 2003 he made a statement on an Orléanist website, "Institut de la Maison Royale de France" where he presented his eldest son Francis as "Dauphin of France", and his younger son Jean, as "Regent of the Dauphin" because of mental disability of the elder