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Queen Maria of Yugoslavia: Radio Drama Audition in Bucharest

I had the wonderful opportunity today to participate at a premiere audition in Bucharest of a radio drama performance after a play written by the Serbian author Dragana Boskovic, having as subject a fictional Queen Maria of Yugoslavia during her last mont

Prince Radu’s Manifesto: “We believe in a different Romania”

  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 Announces Presidential Candidacy, 9 April 2009

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 Radu’s Presidenti

Exhibition of traditional Greek and Romanian costumes of Helen, Queen-Mother of Romania

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

An Interesting Royal Cipher of Elisabeta Feodorovna Grand Duchess of Russia

 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

Princess Ileana of Romania

    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

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Denmark, 1903 film

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

Bran Castle an empty museum

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.

Would Prince Radu of Romania run for his country’s Presidency in 2009?

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

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