King Carol II (1893-1953), Queen Mother Helen (1896-1982), Wives and Descendants

[andrew]

Carol II had a son, Mircea Lambrino from his marriage with miss Zizi Lambrino. They had married in Odessa, but king Ferdinand had annuled the marriage. Mircea lived in Paris and had a son, Paul who entitles himself 'de Hohenzollern'. He does some charity work in Romania. His wife has died recently.
King Michael has never acknowledges him as a part of his family. They had some dispute in Court about this question and also about the legacy of Carol II.

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by andrew

Carol II had a son, Mircea Lambrino from his marriage with miss Zizi Lambrino. They had married in Odessa, but king Ferdinand had annuled the marriage. Mircea lived in Paris and had a son, Paul who entitles himself 'de Hohenzollern'. He does some charity work in Romania. His wife has died recently.
King Michael has never acknowledges him as a part of his family. They had some dispute in Court about this question and also about the legacy of Carol II.

Mircea died 2 years ago.

[principessa]

Allgemeine Zeitung is reporting that Prince Paul and Princess Lia of Romania attended the investiture of the "Lazarusorden".

Several members of the Spanish Royal Family were also present.

Allgemeine Zeitung - Stelldichein des Hochadels

[Warren]

Within the EU he is legally recognised as Paul Hohenzollern. No "von" and certainly no "Prince of Romania".

[Benjamin]

Lia Lambrino (aka Princess Lia of Romania), the wife of King Michael's half-nephew Paul Lambrino, is apparently pregnant at age 61:

Princess Lia, pregnant at 56, to give birth to the heir of the royal family�

[Katrianna]

She's not 56, she's older than that and her math is way off. Marlene Koenig has an interesting piece posted on her blog about Lia's past.

[Russophile]

There seems to be an issue with the link. Can we get another? Thanks!
You know, there are lots of things I'd rather do than be pregnant, especially at that age. .. . .

[Benjamin]

Oops, it doesn't open for me anymore either! Very sorry! However, I was able to read the article via this link. Let me know if it works!

Also, here is the blog post about Lia that Katrianna mentions: Royal Musings: Funniest story of the year: Fuzzy math

Lia Lambrino (previously married to the late Melvin Belli, who affectionately referred to her as La Trampa, and stated in one of his wills that "I charge my executors to see that nothing, but absolutely nothing, goes to Lia Triff, and I charge them to contest ultimately any claim by this miserable, deceitful person"; see Battle Belli) seems to have feigned several pregnancies over the duration of her marriage to Paul.

[Benjamin]

Paul and Lia Lambrino became the parents of a son, Carol Ferdinand, on 11 January 2010 (today).

Carol Ferdinand Lambrino was delivered by Caesarean section at the Maternitatea Regina Maria in Bucharest.

Royal Musings: Lia has a baby at 60

[Pook]

Oh my goodness -- 60 years old! And the Terrible Twos at 62 - 63....yow! I'm only 48 and the very idea of that makes me tired. It said in the article that she had some medical help in conceiving.
Congratulations to the couple on this special day. They seemed to have been wanting a child, and I'm happy for them. Wouldn't it be great if they could live long enough to see their first grandchild, too? It's quite possible -- I hope that happens.
Purrs,
Pook

[cmkrcwi]

And just think of the fun of being the mother of a teenager when you're in your seventies!

[Katrianna]

Have there been any photo's published of the Lambrino's new baby? He was born in January and I would have thought the proud parents would have at least released one picture.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Katrianna

Have there been any photo's published of the Lambrino's new baby? He was born in January and I would have thought the proud parents would have at least released one picture.

Oh yesss! They have been throwing that poor child in front of the media as much as possible since he left the hospital.

Carol Ferdinand is to be baptised into the Romanian Orthodox Church on 22 May. Romanian President Traian Băsescu and his wife Maria have apparently agreed to be his godparents. So the Lambrinos will be able to attract even more press attention to themselves...just lovely! They also have reportedly invited Albert of Monaco.

Here are links to some articles with photos of the baby boy:
Prinţul Paul şi prinţesa Lia l-au adus acasă pe Carol Ferdinand | Cancan
Bote îi face haine Micului Prinţ :: Libertatea.ro
Micul Prinţ, la prima plimbare în parc :: Libertatea.ro
Prinţul Carol Ferdinand va purta costum popular la botez :: Libertatea.ro
ASR Printul Paul al Romaniei - Aparitii in presa
Traian Basescu gets related to royal family, will christen Prince Carol Ferdinand

[Katrianna]

Thanks Benjamin! I wondered because I hadn't seen anything in the royal magazines or the MB's. Call me crazy, but I still think the whole pregnancy and giving birth sounds suspicious.

[MAfan]

Poor little boy...his parents have the age to be his grandparents, and my impression is that he is used as a sort of "medium of exchange" for his parents to obtain popularity and consents to their claims...

[Katrianna]

Originally Posted by MAfan

Poor little boy...his parents have the age to be his grandparents, and my impression is that he is used as a sort of "medium of exchange" for his parents to obtain popularity and consents to their claims...

I have that impression also.

[Cory]

Zizi Lambrino's grandson, Paul, presents himself as "Prince of Romania" and has a very different point of view from his father (who died few years ago but never proclaimed himself as "Prince of Romania") and from his half-brother.The Romanian Royal Family does not recognize any titles for the descendants of Zizi Lambrino.

Strangely Paul obtained the identity card and the romanian passport where it is written "Paul of Romania".Obviously some romanian authorities are still quite against the Romanian Royal Family.

Now Paul has a child whose godfather is the romanian president Basescu:

Traian şi Maria Băsescu l-au botezat pe Carol Ferdinand de România - VEZI VIDEO | REALITATEA .NET

http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/evenime...va-fi-nas.html

Here are some pictures from de christening:

Băsescu l-a adus la botez cu Dusterul pe finul său, fiul Prinţului Paul - GALERIE FOTO - Mediafax

The Romanian Royal Family and the romanian royalists simply ignored the "event".

[Cory]

Zizi Lambrino's grandson proclaims himself as "Prince of Romania" and he has also an identity card "Paul of Romania".

Paul has a brother in the USA (Ion George Alexander) but he does not speak about his brother too much.

Now Paul and Lia have a son, Carol Ferdinand and he tries to convinse different European Royals to sustain his "titles"

http://www.printulpaulderomania.ro/n...nd-al-romaniei

http://www.printulpaulderomania.ro/n...mplinit-5-luni

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZxAwd2CklM

http://www.acasatv.ro/emisiuni/micul...scu-video.html

http://webtv.realitatea.net/actual/b...domnita-balasa

[Cory]

Princess Ileana was probably the favourite daughter of Queen Maria and she inherited Bran Castle from her mother.

Married with Archduke Anton von Habsburg-Tuscany (they had 6 children, 4 still alive) and, after the divorce she married Stefan Isarescu.In the end she became an orthodox nun being called "Mother Alexandra".

Princess Ileana of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...de_Romania.jpg

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.anc...nia1909-12.jpg

http://www.havelshouseofhistory.com/...0Photo0001.jpg

[Cory]

Archduchess Maria and her husband (co-owner with her brother Archduke Dominic of Bran Castle) participated together with her niece,Princess Margareta, at the Royal Gala in Arad:

Gala Regală Arad 2010 « Romania. Altfel