Gaudete
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Nicholas said: "My statement of August 2015 regarding the withdrawal of the title was not written by me, I was forced to accept it. I refused to sign it and until today, it remains unsigned".
This is why the "Nicholas' statement" was published only as a text/press release at the website of the Royal Family of Romania. Nicholas hadn't signed it, so they couldn't publish the statement with his signature. Margarita and Radu thought that the statement without a signature was enough, and that Nicholas would never come back to Romania again.
This is Nicholas' version of events. I'd be interested to hear Margareta's version but she has the sense it seems not to rush to journalists every five seconds with another family gripe to expose.
Margarita, who attained Swiss citizenship earlier this year, actually dropped the complaint against her nephew. Doubt she would have done that if there had been factual evidence he truly did try to force his way inside the Aubonne home. Plus, she probably did not want to have to testify in court about it, which she was going to be required to do if she went forward with the charges.
Or perhaps she didn't want an all out scandal and a court case which would further damage the reputation of the Royal House? Just because she didn't proceed with charges doesn't mean it didn't happen. I can't prove it did of course but as with all things, if it doesn't make sense then it's probably not true. And I don't see any sense behind a group of adults banding together to persecute a young man at every turn considering that he'd only ever "replace" them when they were dead.
Have they done this for money? I doubt it. They're fairly well set up financially, even continuing to give Nicholas a stipend when he was removed from things.
So have they done it for attention or because of personal ambition? I doubt it. It's hardly brought positive attention and nobody has denied that Margareta is her father's successor as King Michael himself wished. 1923 nonsense aside, anyone who matters seems to accept that's the way of things. The Romanian government, the Romanian parliament, other Royal Families, the late King and Queen....so I doubt it's attention or ambition. Had Nicholas behaved himself and no changes were made at all, he'd have succeeded his mother. How exactly does that affect Margareta or Radu to the point where they have to invent incidences?
Have they done it because they're jealous of his popularity? I see no evidence that the Romanians are clamouring for him or that he stands any better or worse chance at a semi-official role than Margareta. A role Margareta may well be given by the Romanian parliament and which would (had he behaved better) have come to Nicholas anyway. So no. I don't think it's that.
If it doesn't make sense, it's rarely true. Nicholas is doing a great job of playing the victim but he's hardly displaying the dignity of a prince with his behaviour and I'm surprised to many people seem to support him and take his word as gospel so readily.