Editing Colonna family (section)

===Current status===
The Colonna family have been [[Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne]]<ref>[http://www.chivalricorders.org/vatican/pplcourt.htm Article by Guy de Stair Sainty on Papal Court] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313165610/http://www.chivalricorders.org/vatican/pplcourt.htm |date=March 13, 2007 }}</ref> since 1710. 

The family residence in Rome, the [[Palazzo Colonna]], is open to the public every Friday and Saturday morning.

The main 'Colonna di Paliano' line is represented today by Prince Marcantonio Colonna di Paliano, Prince and Duke of Paliano (b. 1948), whose heir is Don Giovanni Andrea Colonna di Paliano (b. 1975), and by Don Prospero Colonna di Paliano, Prince of Avella (b. 1956), whose heir is Don Filippo Colonna di Paliano (b. 1995).

The 'Colonna di Stigliano' line is represented by Don Prospero Colonna di Stigliano, Prince of Stigliano (b. 1938), whose heir is his nephew Don Stefano Colonna di Stigliano (b. 1975).