The formal heir to the defunct throne of Romania, according to the one and only document on which the Romanian monarchy rested -the latest Constitution of the Kingdom of Romania- is Prince Karl Friedrich, the present Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He is the most senior male agnate after former King Michael. His son, Prince Alexander is number two.
According to the said Constitution, Nicholas Medforth-Mills, is no male agnate and therefore not eligible for the royal succession. We know that former King Michael has ignored the Constitution (which he once solemnly pledged to maintain) and has unilaterally changed the line of succession by giving precedence to his daughters (but later, again unilaterally, excluding one of these).
Anyway, on ground of these royal demarchés, Nicholas Medforth-Mills, later Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills, later Prince Nicolae of Romania, suddenly became the Number Three in the changed line of succession.
Prince Karl Friedrich, the Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and his son Prince Alexander have remained low-key on these changes. Most likely they see the defunct throne of Romania what it is: a defunct throne. The Fürst and his son are likely -and wisely- concentrating on the management of the large assets, patrimonium, domains, wealth and estates of their House.
From his marriage to Princess Alexandra born Schenk Countess von Stauffenberg, the Fürst has three daughters close to Nicholas' age: Princess Philippa, Princess Flaminia and Princess Antonia.
It would really strenghten the position of Nicholas when he, son of a Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen princess, would marry with one of these three ladies. No matter the fact that their father keeps a low profile on the succession of the defunct throne, as chef of the House he possibly will have a claim on former royal properties when the ownership documents follow the succession as vested in the last royal Constitution. When one of his daughters would marry Nicholas, the (already wealthy) Fürst most likely will not be a formidable legal blockade when the ownerships eventually ends in the hands of his -then- son-in-law Nicholas.
Needless to say that -apart from all this- a marriage with a Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen will raise the stature of Nicholas himself. The marriage of Princess Caroline of Monaco, despite all the private struggles afterwards, with the Prince of Hannover unmistakenably raised her royal status. More than a Junot or a Casiraghi. That is just how these things work. A 'good' marriage will never harm Nicholas' standing in and outside Romania.
