Prince Charles in Bucharest today

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Prince Charles laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Bucharest, Carol Park. I am grateful that I was invited by ‘Adevarul’ newspaper to comment live this event.

 

photo by DM

 

 

Photos by ©Diana and Valentin Mandache

The short life of Prince Mircea of Romania: christening & death

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Prince Mircea – Diana Mandache collection

Prince Eitel Friedrich arrived in Bucharest on 1^stFebruary to represent his father, the German Emperor Wilhelm II at the baptism of Prince Mircea, who was born to the Crown Prince & Princess of Romania on 3^rdJanuary 1913 (22 December 1912, old style) at Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest. Eitel Friedrich was met at the Bucharest train station by King Carol I, the Crown Prince Ferdinand and Prince Carol, and was the guest of the King during his stay.

Mircea’s birth certificate – RNA

The Christening Ceremony took place at the Royal Palace from Calea Victoriei on 2^ndFebruary 1913. The godparents, in addition to the Emperor Wilhelm and King Carol, included the Empress Maria of Russia and Princess of Wied. Marie, his mother, the Crown Princess of Romania was not present owing to a threatened attack of phlebitis. Mircea was the name of a medieval Romanian prince who opposed a vigorous resistance to the Turks in the 14^thcentury, andwhose troops fought side by side with the Serbians on the fatal field of Kossovo.