It's pretty clear this "romance" was definitely arranged. Emma wasn't in the running at all, sad to say, but true.
I love it when the defunct Savoys still "believe for the media's sake", that Vittoria will some day be the Queen. They point at Spain's return to Monarchy in 1975, different times, the Spanish public aren't all that keen on their Monarchy in our time. Italians don't want a restored Monarchy, if they did, it would have been restored long ago.