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Perhaps the late Queen herself declared premortem she didn´t want this particular daughter to attend her funeral one day?! Last will?
In these moments the Family of the King should be united as the late Queen really wished.
Has Irina met her father or anyone in the family recently? I'm under the impression she remains estranged despite her lawyer's argument about wanting to visit her father. Maybe she would like to attempt reconciliation but her father/family do not...or vice versa. Estrangements are sad and complicated.
Ideally, everyone would call a truce and be civil for a few hours/days but tensions/emotions could be too much. If Irina or anyone believes her attendance is disruptive, maybe it's better she stay away.
I really don't think the thread about Queen Anne's death is the right place for people to rejoice with dirty laundry and rehashing discussions they had ad nauseam on the appropriate threads.
On top of this there seems conflicting interests between state and royal family (posthumous awarding of an order) and between religions about the funeral organization and rites. [...] but then it is the start of a complex family machinery.
How do you know her wish? We can also say she stood by her man, when he ousted Princess Sophia for her marriage to Alain Biarneix, she stood by her man when he stripped and ousted Princess Irina and her totally not involved children after that affair with fighting cocks, she stood by her man when he stripped and ousted their grandson Nicholas for misty reasons, undoubtedly putting a strain on the relationship with Princess Elena and Nicholas' sister Karina.
Always nice to claim that sweet peace-loving Anne wanted union in the family. Source? For the same money Anne could have been the force behind Michael's actions. Who knows? It is all pure guesswork.
This happens on very rare occasions - but I really have to agree with Duc et Pair here!
Actually we royal watchers know virtually nothing really about the late Queen. My guess is that nobody would have denied her daughter, grandchildren attending her funeral if she wished to.
It is a sign of respect towards the Queen of Romania and is nothing surprising in this.
That might be the case for some royalty watchers, but others have followed the Romanian royal family for years and perhaps have more knowledge than they would like.
If you want to know more about the Queen, the following sources are a good place to start: Anne of Romania: A War, An Exile, A Life, Anne - Portrait of the Queen, the chapter on Romania in The Gotha: Still a Continental Royal Family, Volume I, any of the profiles of the Queen and the royal family of Romania in Point de Vue over the years, etc.
There is no dearth of information on Queen Anne or her family if one is willing to look for it.
With other words: your assessment is that the late Queen Anne indeed was a peace-loving and an unifying factor in the family? Overseeing the affairs of the royal family then it looks like the late Queen had the weight of a feather.
Probably the concept of "a Day of National Mourning" differs from country to country. The last one in the Netherlands (for a royal) was in 1962. Everything had to close the doors. Theaters, cinemas and sports games were annuled. In public places only demped music was allowed and had to come from one of the national television- or radio networks. This has never been repeated: it was felt as imposing mourning on every free individual in a democratic society.
Maybe the "Day of National Mourning" in Romania does not go that far? Just flags flown half-mast but for the rest all is like every-day's-business-as-usual?
It is a sign of respect towards the Queen of Romania and is nothing surprising in this.
But actually she was never the Queen of Romania as she married the former King after his abdication and not during the time he was still reigning. She was referred to and and treated as Queens because she was married to the former King.It is a sign of respect towards the Queen of Romania and is nothing surprising in this.
But actually she was never the Queen of Romania as she married the former King after his abdication and not during the time he was still reigning. She was referred to and and treated as Queens because she was married to the former King.
And if is not surprising why where there no Days of National mourning when Queen Marie-José of Italy died or when Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria died?
it's not like the british monarchy where to be called a queen reigning or consort you have to be crowned
I have to agree that considering that she was 92 and in poor health that her death was not unexpected. Still I'd always found her to be a sparkling personality who had lead an extraordinary life. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing her reminisce about her life in the documentary about the children of Christian IX.Sad news. But given her age and health state not unexpected.
Marlène ,
Will you attend the Royal Funerals ?
It is very much surprising in terms I named. And on top of it all we´re talking about a republic, not a monarchy.
It would have been not surprising if this was about a decade long serving Queen - but a state funeral for a lady who´s only merit it was to be married to the country´s former King is something I didn´t expect.
I didn´t state I´m against it or that she doesn´t deserve it!
When you look at Greece it seems very hard to imagine that both the King or Queen, who at least acted as monarchs for 10 years, will be given this treatment by the government when this sad and hopefully far away day may come! And King Constantine served in the greek army, won the country´s first olympic gold medal and hurried to live in his homeland again, after finding a suitable place, as soon as he could.