Death & Funeral of Her Majesty, Queen Anne of Romania - 01 August 2016

[MarleneKoenig]

Originally Posted by suztav

I don't usually follow this family. Can someone please tell me why the King didn't attend? At least I didn't see him. Attention seems to be on Crown Princess Margarita.

Michael is very frail

[MarleneKoenig]

Originally Posted by Duc_et_Pair

There were enough royals anyway and all of them had a relation to the late Queen Anne:

Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, Prince-Royal of Hungary, Prince of Belgium, head of the House of Austria-Este (also representing of the King of the Belgians). His grandmother was Empress Zita, born a Princess de Bourbon de Parme.

Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria-Lorraine née Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess de Bourbon de Parme (also representing the Grand-Duke of Luxembourg)

Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, head of the House of Bourbon-Parma (also on behalf of the King of the Netherlands)

Maria Vladimirovna Romanova, Grand-Duchess of Russia, head of the House of Russia. She was married to Prince Franz-Wilhelm of Prussia, from the House of Hohenzollern (the same ancestral House as Romania).

Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia, head of the House of Prussia. He comes from the House of Hohenzollern (the same ancestral House as Romania).

Prince Maximilian of Baden, Margrave of Baden, head of the House of Baden. His mother was a sister to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Duke Eberhard of Württemberg. His mother is born a Princess of Orléans, related to the deceased Queen Anne.

Archduke Martin of Austria-Este, Prince-Royal of Hungary. His grandmother was Empress Zita, born a Princess de Bourbon de Parme.

Archduke Martin of Austria, Prince of Tuscany. His mother was Princess Ileana of Romania.

Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, Freifrau von Holzhausen and her huband Hans Freiherr von Holzhausen. The mother of the Archducess was Princess Ileana of Romania.

Princess Eleonore of Schaumburg-Lippe. She seems close to King Michael and the late Queen Anne and also lives and works in Romania.

Duchess Anita von Hohenberg, Countess de Bardeau and her husband Count Andreas de Bardeau. The mother of the Duchess was Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess de Bourbon de Parme.

Princess Anne de Ligne. Her mother was Princess Alix of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess de Bourbon de Parme.

Princess Tatiana Radziwill, Madame Fruchaud and her husband Jean Henri Fruchaud. A niece to the father of Prince Philip, Due of Edinburgh and to Princess Françoise of Orléans (related to the late Queen).

Eleonore moved back to Denmark several years ago

[Marengo]

Originally Posted by MarleneKoenig

Why would the Prince of Hohenzollern or his son attend the funeral. (Georg represented himself). There are no close ties between the families

And with that settled, let's focus on the topic of this thread.

Further repetative posts pointing out wishes for the Romanian succession will be deleted. It is distasteful to abuse this thread - dedicated to the death and funeral of Queen Anne - to push your own agenda. Especially since the same posters have been pushing the exact same agenda ad nauseam for years.

[maria-olivia]

The different Celebrations in Switzerland and in Romania were un "sans faute".
The Queen's Religion was respected.

Were will go the Regina Ana Cross ?

What will change for the Organisation of the King's Funerals ?

I noticed no high Security in Curtea de Arges.

[Cory]

The Queen's Funeral was not only Catholic even if she was Catholic herself.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Cory

The Queen's Funeral was not only Catholic even if she was Catholic herself. Only one daughter attended the Requiem Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of Bucharest on Friday.

That is patently false.

I posted on this topic yesterday.

All four daughters (with husbands) were in attendance.

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...ml#post1916308

[Cory]

All four daughters were at the Requiem Mass even if some Televisions spoke only about the eldest one.

[maria-olivia]

Grateful Thanks to Marlene and Benjamin the best Posters of this sad Royal Event.

[Cory]

Thanks to Antena 3, Digi24 for the coverage of the Royal Funeral.

[wyevale]

It is telling that the Romanian State offered the Queen in Death, the dignity and honours it denied her in Life...

May she rest in peace.

[Cory]

There was almost a national state Funeral and the authorities were very respectful in these circumstances.

[Iain]

Originally Posted by MarleneKoenig

A nephew is the child of a brother or a sister, not a cousin .., they are kinsman , but he may have called her aunt

In Scotland the children of your cousin are referred to as nieces and nephews, perhaps it's the same in Romania.

[Cory]

In Romania the children of a cousin are nephews and nieces.

[Countessmeout]

Pretty common here. Not always, but in many families, relatives the same age as your parents in general aunt/uncle. My only sister has no kids, but I have 15 nieces and nephews, half or so call me Aunty (those who don't either as I have only seen them once or twice, and some their dad's family strictly believes it should only be used for parents' siblings/spouses).

Growing up I had too many to count and many were not remotely related (friends/ aunts or uncles of my cousins but on their unrelated side). I am Aunty to many friend's kids. To many it is simply a term donoting a close usually familial bond between different generations.

[Cory]

The descendants of Queen Ana's brothers did not attend the Funerals of the Queen. Any reason for that?

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Cory

The descendants of Queen Ana's brothers did not attend the Funerals of the Queen. Any reason for that?

Why don't you write them a letter and ask them?

None of them are members of this forum.


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Anyways, that advice aside, I know that one of the children of Prince Jacques did send her condolences to the Royal Family. More messages of sympathy were very likely sent from other nieces and nephews. It must be understood that the children of Anne's brothers are private people, they lead normal lives.

[suztav]

Thank you


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[Katrianna]

It's absolutely amazing and lovely to view the reaction of the Romanian public has shown to Queen Anne as well as the Govt. The respect and mourning shown in many of the photos are beyond words. This has to be a comfort for HM's family in a way.

[maria-olivia]

I saw in life the Duc of Parma entering the Church.
On pictures I see that Inside He was next to the devasted Princess Maria as representant of the House of Bourbon Parma, the Queen's House by birth.

[maria-olivia]

I did not see Prince Lorenz at Curtea de Arges. He should have been on the second row next to the Head of the Houses of Prussia and Baden, as in the morning;