Who was the other young man with the family at the funeral? Possibly the son of one of the other sisters?
In your post #327, his face is in the video with Nicholas.
Not only in Romania I fear .
I read that the train was very symbolic indeed. In january 1948 it was used to transport King Michael and his mother out of the country & into excile. Now the very same train was used to bring the king to his final resting place, in Romania. The train was made in Italy in 1928 for King Ferdinand.
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Hans Jacobs -GDP press journalist and owner of royalblog- reminded us: it was a missed chance for the house of Orange. In the spirit of Queens Wilhelmina & Juliana and Prince Bernhard they could have paid tribute to a man who courageously brought his country into the camp of the Allies during WWII.
There is any official explanation for the absence of the Dutch Royals and of the Bourbon-Parme?
What about the Bourbon-Parme Princes?
The Grand Duke is not known for being close to the Duke of Parma and he would not represent as a reigning Monarch a non-reigning Duke.
Oh! That is Mr Alexander Philips Nixon McAteer. He is the stepfather of Nicholas. ?
To be honest the death of the King surely makes it less likely that the monarchy will be restored - who would want to put his daughter who didn't grow up in the country in the position of Head of State. At least Michael had the right to say he was once King of the country. I think the Romanians are already doing the best thing - having some sort of role for the former RF but keeping a President as Head of State.
To be honest the death of the King surely makes it less likely that the monarchy will be restored - who would want to put his daughter who didn't grow up in the country in the position of Head of State. At least Michael had the right to say he was once King of the country. I think the Romanians are already doing the best thing - having some sort of role for the former RF but keeping a President as Head of State.
I agree. Romania has the best of the two worlds. A democratic head of state ánd a former royal family for "the theatre of state". Other pretenders can only DREAM of such an opportunity.
The situation of Willem-Alexander, Carl XIV Gustaf or Margrethe II is not that much different. They are as symbolic and as ceremonial as Margareta. When the dot comes on the i, these "reigning" Sovereigns are as powerless as Margareta.
I would not mind the Netherlands to become a republic with a cerenonial role for the House of Orange-Nassau. It takes away an existential deficit, namely that the highest office of state is not democratically elected.
Romania is a republic not a Monarchy. There is nothing in the Constitution about Monarchy.
Ja, und?
Of course Romania is a republic. And it will stay a republic. When Margareta and Radu manage to carve out a meaningful role for the former royal family: applause to them. Quite an achievement.
The so-called "monarchies" in Europe are in reality "crowned republics" anyway. Felipe VII is powerless without Prime Minister Rajoy. It is Theresa May who decides if Queen Elizabeth has to welcome Trump or not. King Willem-Alexander can do zero comma zero when the Prime Minister does not back him. It is all just a theatre of state, as long as it is still accepted and tolerated.
This saturday January 13 at 12 o'clock the Royal Family will take part in the forty-day service from the death of King Mihai.
The service will be officiated by His Holiness Archbishop Calinic of Arges and Muscel and will take place in the Old Episcopal and Royal Cathedral at the Curtea de Arges Monastery.
Parastasul de 40 de zile, la Curtea de Argeș | Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania
Were Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth Mills and his wife invited?