New book: ‘My Dear Mama’, 23 March 2023

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Duchess of Coburg, European royal families, Queen Marie of Romania, Romanian Royal Family

I am happy to announce my forthcoming book My Dear Mama (the letters of Princess Marie of Romania and of her mother the Duchess of Coburg, 1901-1910) published by Rosvall Royal Books, Hardback, 464 pages (32 pp illustrations b&w); 23 March 2023. @ Rosvall Royal Books https://www.royalbooks.se/kategori/11/books.html

Contents

Prologue

Dramatis Personae

1901 The Queen exists no more

1902 In Byzantine Style

1903 Family Life

1904 Always so grateful for news

1905 If Kirill loves her

1906 One Long Sacrifice

1907 Open your heart, understand

1908 Tiresome Duties

1909 Forgive my franc parler

1910 Love and Kisses

Index

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Biography of Princess Ileana of Romania (2022)

Diana Mandache, Ileana, Princess of Romania, Corint Books, February 2022, 304 pages & 250 photos (b&w, color), softcover, Romanian language.

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The King’s Exile (Exilul Regelui), 2nd edition, 2021

The King’s Exile (Exilul Regelui),2021, second edition, 432 pages, photos, Romanian language only.

 The book details King Michael’s exile period, together with that the Romanian political emigration connected with the monarch, permanently spied on by Romania’s communist regime’s secret services. It gathers in one place previously unpublished documents from the archives of the former communist secret services, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc.

Contents:

1.      Monarchy and exile (Sovereigns and rights; The fears instilled to the communists by the Juan Carlos model; Historical experiences: matrimonial alliances and dynasties, losing the throne; The Commencing of the exile, and the repudiation of abdication);

2.      The King and his family (Royal marriage; the New family; the King’s mother; Uncle Pavlos; aunt Irene; The King in England; Celebrations; The Princesses in exile; Imago mundi, etc);

3.     The Sovereign, the 10th May [former national day] and the government in exile (Rivalry; Radescu and the King; the new Romanian National Committee and Visoianu; Kersten Committee; The Exile between survival and surveillance; Crossroads)

4.      Files, agents and codes (The King’s File; Complementary files; Nicolette Franck)

5.      «Liberté pour la Roumanie!» (Switzerland, the heart of exile; Revolution and post-communism)

Documents (most from the communist secret services files and the diplomatic archives of Romania, USA; also extracts from the international press of the time relevant to the subject; transcripts from the Voice of America, Free Europe, BBC; transcriptions of King Michael’s interviews)

Bibliography; Index.

Kersten Committee, King Michael – min. 3:15- 4:52 & min. 24:47 – 26:05.

Source: HEARING BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE INCORPORATION OF THE BALTIC STATES INTO THE USSR – National Archives and Records Administration.