[7] Since returning to Italy following the lifting of the ban in 2002, he has made many appearances on national television, including his participation as a contestant in Ballando con le stelle (the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars), and the Sanremo Music Festival.

[13] As of 2022, Emanuele Filiberto has been leading an effort to gain ownership of the Savoyard Royal Regalia as the private property of the House of Savoy.

[16] In 2015, Emanuele Filiberto engaged in a public spat on Twitter with aristocratic journalist Beatrice Borromeo who broke the story of his father's confession on a video regarding the death of Dirk Hamer.

[9] In June 2006 his distant cousin Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, declared himself to be head of the house and rightful Duke of Savoy, maintaining that Vittorio Emanuele had forfeited his dynastic rights when he married Emanuele Filiberto's mother, Marina Ricolfi Doria, in 1971 without the legally required permission of his father and sovereign-in-exile, Umberto II.

In February 2010, the court of Arezzo ruled that the Duke of Aosta and his son must pay damages totalling 50,000 euros to their cousins and cease using the surname Savoy instead of Savoy-Aosta.

[27] In June 2023, Emanuele Filiberto announced his intention to abdicate his claim to the throne in favour of his daughter, Princess Vittoria of Savoy, when he felt she was ready to succeed.