Romania’s former King Michael will miss the funeral of his wife, Queen Anne, this week due to ill health.
Romania’s Royal House announced the news following the death of The Queen last week, who was married to Michael for 68 years.
King Michael, who is currently in hospital in Switzerland, has been advised by medics not to travel to Romania on August 13th for the funeral.
Queen Anne…
Queen Anne of Romania has died
1st August 2016
Romania’s former royal house has confirmed that Queen Anne of Romania, the wife of Romania’s last monarch, King Michael I, has died today at 1.45 PM at the age of 92. Crown Princess Margareta, Prince Radu, Princess Helen, Princess Sophie and Princess Marie were…
Tax Trouble for King Michael of Romania
22nd May 2016
A Romanian news site reports that former King Michael I of Romania is among those on a list of 187,000 names of the country’s biggest individual debtors to the state. He is liable for tax of 4.1 Romanian Leu, around €910,000 or £697,000. The list was published by…
King Michael of Romania has been diagnosed with cancer and he is currently undergoing a complex and demanding treatment. He is suffering from chronic leukemia and epidermoid carcinoma and he has undergone surgery in Switzerland. This has prevented him from appearing in public and he has a released the following statement concerning his illness:
“In recent weeks we have received news of a…
Romanian 'Prince' arrested in illegal retrocession case
17th December 2015
Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern, who is also known as Prince Paul of Romania, was arrested and detained for 24 hours in Romania. He is being charged with buying influence, money laundering and complicity to abuse of office in an illegal restitution case.
Paul illegally claimed…
Romanian King removes grandson's royal title
11th August 2015
In a statement released yesterday, Romania’s King Michael has withdrawn his grandson’s royal title. The former Prince Nicolae of Romania, once third in succession to the throne, and only grandson of the ninety-three-year-old king will now be known as Mr. Nicholas…
The National Bank of Romania has issued three new coins to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Romania’s greatest Kings, Ferdinand I.
King Ferdinand is best remembered for his role in expanding Romanian territories during the First World War
A statue of King Ferdinand I. He was King of Romania for 13 years.
Prince Ferdinand was born on August 24, 1865, the son of Leopold, Prince of…
Romania may hold a referendum on the return of Monarchy
29th October 2014
<![CDATA[Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta has pledged to hold a referendum on the country's form of government, should he be elected President.
Ponta is running for the position of President, an apolitical role within the government, like that of…