Argie
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What a pity! I am waiting for the verdict to be issued before I start ranting, but even the association with such crimes is undignified for anyone, let alone a princess.
I'm just astounded that royalty would choose to live in a mobile home. Something is just way, way, way wrong.
What an extremely shallow comment. Perhaps the financial situation of the couple compels them to live in such a home? Regardless, that, in particular, is really nobody's business.
I apologize - the way I read the comment was almost as an insult to people who live in mobile homes. I have never lived in one, but I have had friends that did, and they were/are genuinely lovely people. It just sounded rather elitist.It's not shallow; my point is that Princess Irina has made life choices that are surprising for a princess...
At the same time, attacks directed at forum commentators who happen to criticize the Romanian royals reveal lack of manners and an intolerant mentality. Please keep in mind that this is a discussion forum, not a fan page, Benjamin. It is in the best interest of the topic to support your opinions with arguments, not with insults. CSENYC was very kind when overlooking your impolite comment.
Oh dear. It sounds as if someone has been unsettled by the various times that they have been corrected by other forum members in regards to factually incorrect statements that they have made about the Romanian royal family. Apologies to you as well, then!
Agreed on the last point.However, Princess Irina's behavior has nothing to do with finances.
First of all, her parents do not have a lot of money. The family left Romania with nothing. Michael had to work to support his family, but he never earned enough. They lived in Switzerland in a home that was purchased by another family member. Family friends paid for the girls' boarding school fees. Michael and Anne were very private, and the girls did not grow up with other royals, apart from cousins. Moreover, Michael does not own a lot of homes. He and Queen Anne live in a small house in Switzerland. The only real home in Romania that they own is Savarsin, which is some hours from Bucharest. Sinaia was returned to the king, and it is open to the public (the family probably makes no money off it). Elisabetha Palace is owned by the state, and Michael is allowed to live there, although Margarita and Radu spend more time there. The four younger princesses needed to find their own way in the world. Irina's first marriage to the very wealthy John Kreuger (son of Torsten and brother of Bjorn, who is a close friend of King Carl XVI Gustaf) ended in divorce. So she lived in manufactured housing. Millions of Americans do ...owning a horse farm and raising horses does not make one a redneck.It's not shallow; my point is that Princess Irina has made life choices that are surprising for a princess, that put herself in a very bad position and that certainly did not have to happen.
She is royalty and her parents now have plenty of money. She could have married well (as there are plenty of eligible men who would marry a princess) and lived a good life, and surely King Michael would at least help her buy a house if she needed it. Couldn't she live at one of his many houses if she needed a home?
However, she didn't. Rather than living a royal life, she's now living a "redneck" and, if the allegations are true, criminal life. All of the allegations, if true, indicate that something is seriously, seriously wrong, regardless of her financial situation.
Sophie could not attend the celebrations in Romania. She met with the family in Switzerland afterward.Princess Sofia did not attend his father's celebrations.
Nice article (and I am quoted in it) ...There was an article written by Peter Kurth not long after the dictatorship fell, and it offered a close-up view of what life had been like for the family up until then. Maybe you have already read it, but here is the link...
Finally, living in manufactured housing is not something that middle-class Americans and affluent Americans do. It's surprising that a Princess would do that, and when the rest of the alleged activities in the various articles that I've seen are combined with that, a picture of something very, very, very wrong is clear.
Cory, you're right; I did some more research. I was wrong; the law to give the King 30 million Euros was blocked.
I see that the King gets (1) a government pension, (2) a government-paid staff and (3) use of several properties, plus (4) various items from Suppliers to the Royal House (a new BMW was one, that I saw). While that's not nearly 30 million Euros, that should be enough to enable him to provide a real house for Irina if she wanted one.
Michael has always had good contacts with his British cousins. Queen Elizabeth offered him a home in England, but he turned down the offer. Irina has lived in the USA since 1984. Her children were born here.....And certainly while the Royal Family didn't have a "royal life" until recently (and I never said that they had one in the past), the King and some of the family do now, with official engagements, visits with Queen Elizabeth and the like, residence in the Elizabeth Palace and more.
It is because you are presuming things that are not in line. The KIng's pension as a former head of state is rather small. Irina and her first husband, owned a successful horse farm in Myrtle Point, Oregon. Irina has been raising horses in Irrigon for some years now. I am certainly not going to speak about the legal issues because one is innocent until proven guilty....But the King's financial ability to do so just indicates that something is just wrong with this situation...My experience with manufactured housing is in the southeastern US, where I'm originally from. Clearly it's different in other parts of the US.