Crown Princess Margarita of Romania & Prince Radu

[Lucien]

Crown Princess Margarita celebrated her 58th birthday,march 26th.

http://www.seegerpress-online.de/seegerpress-cgi/topixx?op=preview&ID=1152284716&str...

[Lucien]

Princess Margarita and Prince Radu received TRH Prince Aleksandar and Princess Alexandra for an official visait to Romania:
http://www.royalfamily.org/events/2007/novembar/6/photo_story.htm

[Lucien]

Princess Margarita and Prince Radu were guests of HIH Prince Georg Friedrich at the Hohenzollern Burg:

http://www.princeradublog.ro/?p=2320

Courtesy Prince Radu.
 

[Benjamin]

Crown Princess Margarita celebrates her 59th birthday in La Jolla, CA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GsJ1UsVFJ8

[Eric_Lowe]

She looked very young for her age. Remember the 60 year old dowager photos from the last century...

[Lucien]

Crown Princess Margarita will celebrate her 60th birthday tomorrow march 26th.

[Lucien]

The Prince will run for the Presidential elections this november.

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/royalblognl_news_summary/2009/04/prince-candidate-for-romanias-presidency.html

courtesy hja

[TampaBay]

Why in the world would Radu run for president?

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[kmerov]

Interesting decision. Maybe he has a keen interest in politics. However, I don't think he has much of a chance of actually becoming President.

[TampaBay]

If you are married to the so called "Crown Princess" you need to be above politics.

I wonder what King Michael thinks of Radu's decision.

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[kmerov]

If you are married to the so called "Crown Princess" you need to be above politics.

I wonder what King Michael thinks of Radu's decision.

TampaBay

Yes, you should be above politics like the current monarchies are, but maybe he is just following the example of King Simeon II of Bulgaria and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.

[ilyala]

i fear he's only dragging monarchy through the mud. i'm disappointed in this and when i saw his announcement on tv, i saw margarita standing next to him - not looking extremely happy.

romanian politics is no place to be for a classy guy - but maybe he's just not a classy guy.

[DavidH]

My own immediate reaction is  that the husband of the Crown Princess should stay out of party politics - and I would be interested to know  what informed his decision to run for elected office.  It is extremely unlikely to have been taken without the permission of the King. 

That aside,  I think Prince Radu is an exceptional person - his sense of service, his commitment, his honesty and decency are in the best traditions of the royal house.  A minority have subjected him to a  relentless barrage of ill informed criticism - including the most absurd and offensive snobbery from some so-called 'royalists'.  One can only wish him the best of luck.  I suspect he will need it.

[Lucien]

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/royalblognl_news_summary/2009/04/king-mihai-supports-candidacy-prince-radu.html

courtesy hja

[Lucien]

Prince Radu has withdrawn from the Presidential race:

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/royalblognl_news_summary/2009/09/prince-radu-withdraws-from-presidential-race.html

courtesy hja