Like Simeon of Bulgaria, Prince Radu is making an entry into the political arena, but without having support from a political party. He stated in his manifesto released yesterday evening that: I am not a candidate from the left nor from the right. I
Prince Radu, accompanied by his wife, Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, announced his presidential candidacy this evening at the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest. WE WISH HIM GOOD LUCK! King Michael of Romania support speech for Prince Radus Presidenti
We had here in Bucharest on 10 May (the old National Royal Day of Romania) last year an exhibition of Greek and Romanian traditional costumes that belonged and were worn by Helen of Greece, King Michael’s mother. The exhibition was organised at the
This is a royal cipher belonging to Elisabeta Feodorovna. Her christian name is displayed under the Russian Imperial crown. Of note is the Art Nouveau like style of her name written in Cyrilic lettering. That style was much in vogue at the time (I found
Self-managed theatre performances were a popular Edwardian period pastime for aristocrats and well to do individuals. This photograph shows Princess Ileana playing in a theatre performance at an estate in England. The other fellow amateur actors were
I have put here an old film with Emperor William II (known as Der Reise-Kaiser because of his frequent travels) during a visit to Copenhagen in 1903. The film was made by Peter Elfelt. For both personal and political reasons, the Danish Crown did not wi
The misunderstandings between Romania’s Ministry of Culture and Dominic Habsburg, the head of the family that now owns the castle, left the museum in an uncertain territory, even after at the end of January they seemed to have come to an agreement.
HRH Prince Radu, in an interview given to a Romanian tv channel on 30th March, declared that he would not exclude the possibility to run for the presidential elections scheduled for November 2009. He was not interested becoming a prime minister as King Si
Nicholas celebrates his 24th birthday on 1 April this year. Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth Mills (3rd in the line of succession to the Romanian throne) will become HRH Prince Nicholas of Romania on 1 April 2010 - according to the Document of the Head of t
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