Ish
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Paul doesn't have a good claim because his grandparents' marriage was morganatic. However, when you're claiming a defunct throne you don't have to base your claim strictly on the rules of succession used when the throne was in place - you just have to present yourself as the best option to the people behind the restoration.
Paul may not have a dynastic claim, but he is a male-line descendant of Carol II. He also has a son, through which the future of the line can be assured.
Michael does not have a son, so in accordance to the old rules he doesn't have a heir of his body. The individual that he had named his heir, his eldest daughter, is named such in violation of the rules of succession, and doesn't have any children herself. When Michael was asked to designate a heir by the monarchist leaders in Romania it was specifically a male heir, with preference for someone descended from a male-line (and thus not descended from Michael), but an allowance was made for Michael to name his grandson, Nicholas, as his heir, but Michael chose not to.
Purely looking at the established and recognized laws, the heir is Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern, who is the closest male-line relation (the common ancestor being Michael's great-grandfather).
Paul may not have a dynastic claim, but he is a male-line descendant of Carol II. He also has a son, through which the future of the line can be assured.
Michael does not have a son, so in accordance to the old rules he doesn't have a heir of his body. The individual that he had named his heir, his eldest daughter, is named such in violation of the rules of succession, and doesn't have any children herself. When Michael was asked to designate a heir by the monarchist leaders in Romania it was specifically a male heir, with preference for someone descended from a male-line (and thus not descended from Michael), but an allowance was made for Michael to name his grandson, Nicholas, as his heir, but Michael chose not to.
Purely looking at the established and recognized laws, the heir is Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern, who is the closest male-line relation (the common ancestor being Michael's great-grandfather).