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French politicians want Napoleon III returned from English abbey

The emperor was forced into exile after his defeat at the 1870 Battle of Sedan and died three years later in Chislehurst.

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When Napoleon III was forced into exile following the defeat of France by the Prussian Army it was England that offered him both a refuge and a final resting place, reports The Telegraph.

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