Editing Zita of Bourbon-Parma (section)

==Later life==
[[File:Zitafamily1962.jpg|thumb|upright|Empress Zita of Austria with her eight children. Standing in the back from left to right Archdukes Carl Ludwig, Rudolf and Robert, in the middle Archduchesses Adelheid, Elisabeth and Charlotte with Archduke Felix, in the forefront Empress Zita and Archduke Otto, 1962]]
After a period of rest and recovery, Zita found herself regularly going back to Europe for the weddings of her children. She decided to move back to the continent full-time in 1952 to Luxembourg to look after her aging mother. Maria Antonia died at the age of 96 in 1959. The bishop of [[Chur]] proposed to Zita that she move into a residence that he administered (formerly a castle of the [[Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis|Counts de Salis]]) at [[Zizers]], [[Graubünden]] in Switzerland. As the castle had enough space for visits from her large family and a nearby chapel (a necessity for the devoutly-Catholic Zita), she accepted with ease.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|316}}

Zita occupied herself in her final years with her family. Although the restrictions on the Habsburgs entering Austria had been lifted, that applied only to those born after 10 April 1919. That meant that Zita could not attend the funeral of her daughter Adelheid in 1972, which was painful for her.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|320}} She also involved herself in the efforts to have her deceased husband, the "Peace Emperor" [[canonization|canonised]]. In 1982, the restrictions were eased, and she returned to Austria after being absent for six decades. Over the next few years, the Empress made several visits to her former Austrian homeland and even appeared on Austrian television.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|322–323}} In a series of interviews with the Viennese [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper ''[[Kronen Zeitung]]'', Zita expressed her belief that the deaths of [[Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria]] and his mistress [[Baroness Mary Vetsera]], [[Mayerling Incident|at Mayerling]], in 1889, were not a double suicide but rather murder by French or Austrian agents.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|320}}

===Death===
[[File:Kapuzinergruft Wien11.JPG|thumb|left|The tomb of Empress Zita at the [[Imperial Crypt]], Vienna]]
After a memorable 90th birthday, at which she was surrounded by her now vast family, Zita's habitually-robust health began to fail. She developed inoperable [[cataract]]s in both eyes.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|326}} Her last major family gathering took place at Zizers, in 1987, when her children and grandchildren joined in celebrating her 95th birthday.<ref name="Beeche"/>{{Rp|24}} While visiting her daughter, in summer 1988, she developed pneumonia and spent most of the autumn and winter bedridden. Finally, she called Otto in early March 1989 and told him she was dying. He and the rest of the family travelled to her bedside and took turns keeping her company until she died in the early hours of 14 March 1989.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|327–328}} She was 96 years old,<ref name="nyTimesGrandeur">{{cite news|title=Hapsburg Grandeur Is Dusted Off for Burial of 'Our Sister the Empress Zita'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/02/world/hapsburg-grandeur-is-dusted-off-for-burial-of-our-sister-the-empress-zita.html|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=2 April 1989|access-date=21 July 2007|archive-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219224433/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/02/world/hapsburg-grandeur-is-dusted-off-for-burial-of-our-sister-the-empress-zita.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was the last surviving child of Robert, Duke of Parma from both his marriages.

Her funeral was held in Vienna on 1 April. The government allowed it to take place on Austrian soil if the cost was borne by the Habsburgs themselves.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|329}} Zita's body was carried to the [[Imperial Crypt]] <!-- The last crowned Habsburg to be buried there is Zita. --> under Capuchin Church<ref name="nyTimesGrandeur"/><ref>Der Spiegel magazine, no.13, 27 March 1989</ref> in the same funeral coach she had walked behind during the funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916. It was attended by over 200 members of the Habsburg and Bourbon-Parma families, and the service had 6,000 attendees including leading politicians, state officials and international representatives, including a representative of Pope [[John Paul II]].<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|329}} Following an ancient custom, the Empress had asked that her heart, which was placed in an urn, stay behind at [[Muri Abbey]], in Switzerland, where the Emperor's heart had rested for decades. In doing so, Zita assured herself that in death, she and her husband would remain by each other's side.<ref name="Beeche"/>{{Rp|38}}

When the procession of mourners arrived at the gates of the Imperial Crypt, the herald who knocked on the door during the traditional "admission ceremony" introduced her as  ''Zita, Her Majesty the Empress and Queen''.<ref name=Howe/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/1308680797958/Viel-Pomp-auf-dem-Weg-in-die-Kapuzinergruft|title=DerStandard.at|access-date=10 July 2011|archive-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507213254/https://apps.derstandard.at/privacywall/1308680797958/|url-status=live}}</ref>