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The memoirs of King Michael's aunt Princess Ileana [26] quoted Emil Bodnăraș—her alleged lover, [27] Romania's Communist minister of defence, and a Soviet spy [28] —as saying: "Well, if the King decides not to sign the death warrant, I promise that we will uphold his point of view." Princess Ileana was sceptical: "You know quite well ...
The 1944 Romanian coup d'état, better known in Romanian historiography as the Act of 23 August (Romanian: Actul de la 23 august), was a coup d'état led by King Michael I of Romania during World War II on 23 August 1944.
King Michael I's coffin during the funeral procession on Victory Avenue towards the Union Square and the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral. On 13 December at 11:00 am, King Michael I's coffin, draped by his Royal Standard, was brought back to Romania, arriving at the Otopeni Airport in Bucharest from Lausanne, via Payerne Air Base, escorted by his second daughter, Princess Elena with her husband ...
During the reign of King Carol II of Romania, in 1930–1940, the villa hosted the Romanian Royal Family, namely the King and his son, Crown Prince Mihai, Grand Voivode of Alba Iulia (later HM King Michael I of Romania). The villa was the actual place where the Royal Family lived in Bucharest, since the Royal Palace itself mainly contains large ...
After the Romanian Revolution, former King Michael and his wife, Anne, were allowed for a first visit in the country in April 1992 (despite their attempts to do that immediately after the events). [4] The two-day visit was a historical event, with the monarchist press claiming more than one million people were cheering the King in the streets. [4]
The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I was proclaimed king, until 1947, when the last king, Michael I, was forced to abdicate and the Parliament proclaimed Romania a republic. Soon after, upon the establishment of the constitution of 13 April 1948 , Romania became a people's republic , a state that lasted until 1989 .
Săvârșin Castle (Romanian: Castelul Săvârșin, pronunciation: [s ə v ɨ r ˈ ʃ i n]) is a large country house situated in Săvârșin Park, a 6.5-hectare (16-acre) private estate that was owned by King Michael I of the Romanians (1921–2017) in Săvârșin, Arad County, Romania.
The royal family was to assume legal possession of it and lease it to the Romanian state, so that it will remain in its current status. The main castle of Peleș is already under lease, but negotiations for other villas and chateaus are on going. King Michael I of Romania maintained that Pelișor would remain a private residence for the royal ...