Nicholas Medforth-Mills (formerly His Royal Highness Prince Nicholas of Romania)


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He has improved a lot even if he still have a strong British accent.
 
An article about prince Nicolae at the magazine Femeia, April 2015
Revista Femeia, aprilie 2015 Familia Regală a României Royal Family of Romania

The grandson of Romania’s former King, Prince Nicolae, plans to cross the whole of his grandfather's former domain by bike in order to raise funds for charity.
The Prince will be two-wheeling it from Sighetu Marmatiei in the north of Transylvania to the Black Sea port of Constanta in the southeast, covering over 1,000 km only in 11 days, between April 23 and May 3.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/prince-nicolae-to-cross-romania-by-bike

BBC News - Romania Prince to cycle across country for charity
 
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Prince Nicolae celebrates tomorrow, April 1, his 30th birthday. Crown Princess Margarita and Prince Radu host a dinner in the evening at the Elisabeta Palace. To the dinner are invited friends, former classmates and university collaborators of Prince Nicolae from Romania and abroad.
Principele Nicolae împlinește 30 de ani Familia Regală a României Royal Family of Romania
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Prince Nicolae said to TV: "I think in the last 6 months I felt more relaxed in my role, more comfortable in my position and can finally express my character with the Romanian language".
http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actual...neu-la-care-sunt-asteptati-37-de-oaspeti.html
 
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It was a dinner followed by a birthday party...but I suppose his mother, stepfather and sister were not at Elisabeta Palace for the occasion.
 
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Yes, the royal family gets a lot of coverage on the media and about this birthday were written in many newspapers.

"My face hurts a lot. I started to celebrate my birthday on Saturday, and I have laughed and smiled a lot", said prince Nicolae.
On his 30th anniversary, Nicolae wanted to be surrounded by people close to him. So Princess Margarita and Prince Radu organized a dinner, and invited friends from high school and college. Among the nearly 100 guests were friends and collaborators worldwide, and blue-blooded guests.
"I know his grandfather, who visited us often in Serbia. He has been a lot of support for our family and I can not wait to meet his grandson", said prince Alexander of Serbia.
After a reception, the guests were led into the dining-room, at the royal table were white flowers and candles, silverware, plates engraved with the insignia of the Royal House and a special menu chosen by prince Nicolae.
In the following days, prince Nicolae leaves Bucharest, along with his guests, to a journey through the country, he wants to show Romania to them.
Video of the party, crown princess Margarita and prince Nicolae speaking, prince Alexander interviewed.
Dineu regal în cinstea Principelui Nicolae
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Another video, prince Nicolae: "Let's break the royal protocol by taking selfies"
Principele Nicolae si-a sarbatorit cei 30 de ani la Palatul Elisabeta. A incalcat protocolul pentru a-i face pe toti sa rada
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I suppose many people were surprised a dancing evening was organized during Lent at Elisabeta Palace. The members of the Royal Family/King's Family are all officially Catholic (the Queen and Princess Elena's husband) or Orthodox.
 
Cory said:
I suppose many people were surprised a dancing evening was organized during Lent at Elisabeta Palace. The members of the Royal Family/King's Family are all officially Catholic (the Queen and Princess Elena's husband) or Orthodox.
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"Many people"? Surely not. If birthday celebrations are not acceptable for people whose birthday falls in Lent, it would be a sad state of affairs. The only people who could possibly be offended would be religious nutters and killjoys.
 
It was just a private party, maybe they are not so religious but there is nothing wrong here.
 
What a nice, well-dressed audience. It also looks smoothly organized, which is a compliment for a Royal House which is not funded with millions for its proper functioning. I see that Princess Margarita is always followed by uniformed aides-de-camp. They are wearing uniforms from the Romanian army or air force.

I wonder how that works? Are they volunteers from the army, doing some military ceremonial for persons whom are -legally- the same as every Romanian citizen? Or are they detached by the State of Romania into the service of Princess Margarita? Then it is even more remarkable...

Imagine that my country, the république française, would detach officiers from the Armée, the Marine, the Armée de l'Air or the Gendarmerie into the service of Prince Henri d'Orléans and his family. Impossible... However it looks like Romania does this or is my assumption wrong?
 
maria-olivia said:
I think the actual President needs the Royalist Votes .
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The elections were in 2014, so the current president, Mr Klaus Werner Iohannis, is 'safe' until 2019 (five year term).

I have seen these aides-de-camp for years, I think it has nothing to do with "royalist vote". I am curious to learn if these gentlemen are official military from the Romanian armed forces and paid by the State of Romania?
 
Duc_et_Pair said:
What a nice, well-dressed audience. It also looks smoothly organized, which is a compliment for a Royal House which is not funded with millions for its proper functioning. I see that Princess Margarita is always followed by uniformed aides-de-camp. They are wearing uniforms from the Romanian army or air force.

I wonder how that works? Are they volunteers from the army, doing some military ceremonial for persons whom are -legally- the same as every Romanian citizen? Or are they detached by the State of Romania into the service of Princess Margarita? Then it is even more remarkable...

Imagine that my country, the république française, would detach officiers from the Armée, the Marine, the Armée de l'Air or the Gendarmerie into the service of Prince Henri d'Orléans and his family. Impossible... However it looks like Romania does this or is my assumption wrong?
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Hopefully, someone will be able to give some more information about this.

In the meantime, I wholeheartedly agree about people being smartly dressed and the event looking smoothly organised. I've noticed with with all other events and dinners etc relating to the Romanian royal family - everything is done very well, elegant and smart, with great thought put into the details. From what people wear right down to the table decorations, formalities etc it's a pleasure to see.
 
An Ard Ri said:
Was Prince Nicholas's mother or sister present,maybe I missed them in the photos?
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Isn't his sister the woman with back to camera on photo 8, photo 17 and maybe a few other?
 
"Both Prince Radu and I are very proud of Nicolae, who is like our spiritual son (...) The country hasn't adopted him much yet, but he already adopted Romania, even if he wasn't born here. And this is just wonderful," said Princess Margareta, at the official dinner offered at the Elisabeta Palace on the occasion of Prince Nicolae's 30th birthday.
In his turn, Prince Nicolae thanked Princess Margareta and Prince Radu, his "mentors", for supporting him in all his projects.
Princess Margareta, on Prince Nicolae's birthday We are very proud of him, he is our spiritual son – AGERPRES
 
Personally I find it all a little odd the way they refer to him as their 'son', its pretty clear that the plan is for him to succeed after his eldest aunt but how will they get around his mother coming before him in the succession?
I like the family and Nicolae has done a brave thing taking on a role in a country he hasn't been brought up in so I have a lot of respect for him.
 
I think his mother will rennounce her rights at some point in the future, something similar to what the mother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco did.
 
Margarita said "like our spiritual son", I can very well understand that. During the last years Margarita has seen that Nicolae loves Romania like Margarita and Radu and wants to work for the people and country of Romania, like Margarita and Radu do. And their relationship seems very close, so I don't wonder at all that she used the term "spiritual son".
 
It is the same in the relationship of the current King of the Belgians with his late uncle and aunt, King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. We may assume that he feels like "a spiritual son" of the late royal couple.

What struck me in the words of Princess Margarita was:
"The country hasn't adopted him much yet, but he already adopted Romania, even if he wasn't born here."

Does that mean that the Romanians have an ambivalent attitude towards "Prince Nicolae" who is, in essence, a British citizen born in Switzerland and now suddenly a Prince of Romania.
 
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It is the same in the relationship of the current King of the Belgians with his late uncle and aunt, King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. We may assume that he feels like "a spiritual son" of the late royal couple.

What struck me in the words of Princess Margarita was:
"The country hasn't adopted him much yet, but he already adopted Romania, even if he wasn't born here."

Does that mean that the Romanians have an ambivalent attitude towards "Prince Nicolae" who is, in essence, a British citizen born in Switzerland and now suddenly a Prince of Romania.
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That's interesting. I met a couple of times Romanians. When I asked about monarchy some didn't even know who is prince Nicolae, the others said they don't care.
 
Imagine the reverse situation: ask people in Blackburn, Leicester or Nottingham about a Swiss-born son from a Romanian becoming a British Prince... I think you would meet the same desinterest or not even knowing who you are talking about...

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It is not that strange that the Romanians react like that on a Swiss-born son from a British father becoming a Romanian Prince.
 
Duc_et_Pair said:
What a nice, well-dressed audience. It also looks smoothly organized, which is a compliment for a Royal House which is not funded with millions for its proper functioning. I see that Princess Margarita is always followed by uniformed aides-de-camp. They are wearing uniforms from the Romanian army or air force.

I wonder how that works? Are they volunteers from the army, doing some military ceremonial for persons whom are -legally- the same as every Romanian citizen? Or are they detached by the State of Romania into the service of Princess Margarita? Then it is even more remarkable...

Imagine that my country, the république française, would detach officiers from the Armée, the Marine, the Armée de l'Air or the Gendarmerie into the service of Prince Henri d'Orléans and his family. Impossible... However it looks like Romania does this or is my assumption wrong?
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Wouldn't the Royal Family get government protection, since they are the family of a former head of state? In the US, former Presidents get government police protection, office expenses, etc., and since King Michael reigned, I'd think that he and his family would get those benefits.

Agreed re: being classy. It's so much classier than what we in the US have: heads of state who wear ill-fitting jeans, dine at cheap fast-food restaurants and the like, by choice.
 
I think that crown princess Margarita just wanted to be careful: since Nicolae has lived in Romania just a few years and just learned the language, she didn't want to say something like "The Romanians have taken Nicolae to their hearts". Prince Nicolae has travelled a lot in Romania and met a lot of people and is doing a fine work, slowly but surely.

In the days of March 29th to April 4th 37 guests of Prince Nicolae from the UK, South Africa, USA, Australia, Greece and Denmark have visited Romania. University classmates, friends and collaborators from abroad and Romania.
On this occasion, HM House organized a new edition of the "Romania. A royal journey". 2015 edition included the cities of Bucharest, Sinaia and Sibiu. Prince Nicolae and the 37 guests visited these cities, some of them for the first time, getting information about the culture, architecture, hospitality and traditions of Romania.
România. O călătorie regală, 2015 Familia Regală a României Royal Family of Romania
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CSENYC said:
Wouldn't the Royal Family get government protection, since they are the family of a former head of state? In the US, former Presidents get government police protection, office expenses, etc., and since King Michael reigned, I'd think that he and his family would get those benefits.

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I would be surprised if that is the case. The King abdicated in 1947, which means that the King ended his kingship years before the current Queen of the United Kingdom started her long, long Reign...

There have been arrangements regarding the private wealth of the former royal family. King Michael started civil lawsuits for the return of former private properties. The Romanian Parliament voted to grant King Michael, as a former head of state, a permanent official housing provided by the State. This home is the so-called "Elisabeta Palace", which is more a large villa (build 1936 in art nouveau style). The villa was once build for Queen Elizabeth of the Hellenes born Princess of Romania.

As Queen Elizabeth had no direct descendants, as heir and successor of his aunt, King Michael would be entitled to claim her properties. However the King decided only to claim properties that have been in private possession before 1947. This means that "Elisabeta Palace" is still owned by the State of Romania and given in use to King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania born Princess de Bourbon de Parme. In 2001 the royal family was given back the Săvârşin royal domain - including mansion, outbuildings and a significant part of the forest that surrounds the town.

The royal family also was given back the royal domain of Sinaia which includes the stunning Castle of Peleș. Negotiations between the former king and the government of Romania have not concluded yet. The castle is on lease from the royal family to the Romanian state. I think the royal family is reluctant on what to do with the building. It costs an immense amount to maintain the enormous site with all that wooden timber.

But... apart from all this: who funds the use of military ceremonial? I would almost think there is an arrrangement indeed with the State of Romania.

Look at this: where do these guards come from? Volunteers?
 
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