15 Wednesday Feb 2012
Posted in European royal families, Events, Romanian Royal Family
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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, European royal families, Familia regala, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, Prince Radu, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Romanian Royal Family
THE NEW FUNDAMENTAL RULES of the ROMANIAN DYNASTY. AN APPRAISAL
By Diana Mandache (‘Royalty Digest Quarterly’, No 1/2008, 49-52pp) Continue reading »
18 Wednesday Jan 2012
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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, European royal families, Familia regala, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, Noblesse et Royautés, non reigning monarchs, Prince Radu, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Regele Mihai, Romanian Royal Family, South-East European Monarchs
TRH Princesses Margarita and Sophia of Romania. I will publish, hopefully quite soon, a book entitled “Patrie si Destin” on the life of Crown Princess of Romania, (Litera publishing house, Bucharest, May 2012).
The photograph above presents HRH Princess Margarita of Romania arriving for the first time in her country, on 18 of January 1990, at Otopeni airport, Bucharest. There was a degree of interest among the Romanian press of the time about this momentous event, but insufficiently disseminated, probably for political reasons, to make an impact among a public hungry for such news. The image bellow is Princess Margarita’s first interview given to a central Romanian newspaper.
26 Tuesday Apr 2011
Posted in Book Reviews, Romanian Royal Family
Prince Radu: ‘Provisional Romania’ is my latest book, published by Litera International and translated into English by James Christian Brown. Foreword by Roger Griffin, professor at Oxford University. Democracy is not just a matter of 24 hours on election day. Democracy also has to be respected during the four years between elections, day-by-day, minute-by-minute, by every public institution, every representative of a public institution, and indeed every citizen. For this, the laws and framework of democracy are not sufficient. It will take the contribution of every force in Romanian society to transform into practice what we demagogically affirm in theory. And above all, we need a State that is respected and that inspires trust, with professional institutions working in a complementary and ethical way, in harmony with each other.”
26 Saturday Mar 2011
Posted in Anniversaries & Birthdays, Romanian Royal Family
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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, Diana Mandache, European royal families, Familia regala, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Regele Mihai, Romanian Royal Family, South-East European Monarchs
HRH Crown Princess Margarita w. her father HM King Michael of Romania
26 March 2011: A very Happy Birthday to HRH Crown Princess Margarita of Romania!
22 Wednesday Dec 2010
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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, Familia regala, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, Prince Radu, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Regele Mihai, Romanian Royal Family
With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year 2011!07 Tuesday Dec 2010
Posted in Anniversaries & Birthdays, Bucharest, Romanian Royal Family
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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, European royal families, Familia regala, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, istoria regalitatii, King Carol I, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Regele Carol I, Romanian Royal Family, South-East European Monarchs
HRH Princess Margarita of Romania, Bucharest, 6 December 2010
HRH Princess Margarita and HRH Prince Radu, representatives of HM King Michael and HM Queen Anne, at the re-inauguration of King Carol I equestrian statue in Bucharest, 6 Dec 2010 (©Valentin Mandache)
Old photo from the early 1940s showing the original statue of King Carol I by Ivan Mestrovic, Bucharest (Diana Mandache collection)
The original statue was the master-work of the famous Croatian/ Yugoslav sculptor Ivan Mestovic and has been inaugurated on 10 May 1939, the National Day of the Romanian Kingdom. The statue has been pulled down by the communist government in 1948, a few months after the forced abdication of the King Michael, in a barbaric show of force using Soviet tanks to tear down the structure.
14 Sunday Nov 2010
Posted in Films & Interviews, Romanian Royal Family
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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, Familia regala, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, istoria regalitatii, Prince Radu, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Romanian Royal Family
Today HRH Prince Radu of Romania delivered a conference entitled “The wise rule” at the National Theatre in Bucharest presenting his visions on the contemporary Romanian society and politics, with references to the high relevance of the monarchy in Romania’s history and also in the actual conditions when the country faces an acute economic and moral crisis, still having to recover its pre-communist values and memory. Among the audience were present HRH Princess Margarita, cultural and business personalities. With this occasion HRH also released his new book entitled “Provizoratul istoric” ['The historical contingence"] (Polirom, 2010, cover in the image bellow), which details many of the ideas expounded in the today conference. DM
see a link to Prince Radu’s blog
see also
http://www.tvr.ro/inregistrari.php?file=DATA-2010-12-06-11-20.flv&id=Ca%20la%20carte
11 Thursday Nov 2010
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Ceremonii la Palatul Elisabeta, Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, European royal families, Familia regala, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, Palatul Elisabeta, Prince Radu, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Regele Mihai
HRH Prince Radu & HRH Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, 9 November 2010, Elisabeta Palace
HRH Prince Radu & HRH Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, 9 November 2010, Elisabeta Palace
l to r: Diana Mandache, Denise Theodoru, HRH Prince Radu, HRH Princess Margarita of Romania, Elisabeta Palace, 9 November 2010
A few photographs from ‘The King Michael I Medal for Loyalty’ day celebrated at the Elisabeta Palace for the first time on 9 November 2010.
The Royal Hymn of Romania sung by ‘Camerata Regala’
Programme
18 Friday Jun 2010
Posted in European royal families, Romanian Royal Family
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Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, European royal families, Familia regala, Prince Radu, Principele Radu, Principesa Margareta, Romanian Royal Family
Crown Princess Margarita of Romania and Prince Radu will undertake a visit to Sweden (17-20 June 2010), representing the Romanian Royal Family at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to Mr Daniel Westling.
Crown Princess Margarita and Prince Radu arrive for a Government dinner at the Eric Ericson Hall in Skeppsholmen on 18 June 2010 to celebrate the wedding of Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch).
