The Speech of
Her
Royal
Highness
the
Crown
Princess
The
Romanian
Athenaeum,
18
January
2015
His
Majesty
King
Michael
and
his
mother,
Queen
Helen,
left
Romania
on
the
night
of
the
3rd
of
January
1948.
Forty-‐two
years
elapsed
from
then
until
the
blessed
day
of
the
18th
of
January
1990,
when
I
first
stepped
onto
Romanian
soil,
accompanied
by
my
sister,
Princess
Sophie.
It
was
a
journey
home,
a
journey
of
personal
and
historical
completion.
Today,
we
celebrate
together
a
quarter
of
a
century
in
which
we
have
remained
at
the
side
of
our
fellow
countrymen,
and
at
the
side
of
Romania’s
most
vulnerable
in
particular,
continuing
the
covenant
of
our
ancestors.
In
1990,
deepest
Romania
did
not
recognise
the
Crown,
like
a
child
that
has
never
met
its
parents.
The
last
quarter
of
a
century
has
given
the
Crown
the
rôle
of
educator
and
model
in
the
most
important
areas
of
Romanian
life,
just
as
King
Carol
I
taught
us.
Today,
the
Princess
Margareta
of
Romania
Foundation,
which
is
celebrating
its
twenty-‐fifth
anniversary,
enjoys
trust
and
prestige.
Under
the
guidance
of
King
Michael,
the
Royal
Family
has
built
a
social,
cultural
and
educational
edifice,
as
well
as
a
respected
royal
institution,
in
a
time
that
has
need
of
models,
love,
inspiration,
and
personal
example.
All
these
years
have
replanted
Romania’s
roots;
they
have
rewoven
its
unravelled
identity
and
traditions.
Today,
the
majority
of
Romanians
feel
affection
and
respect
for
the
Crown.
A
quarter
of
a
century
ago,
as
the
royal
motorcade
travelled
along
the
Bucharest-‐Pitești
highway,
we
were
stopped
at
gunpoint. Twenty
years
later,
the
King
addressed
a
solemn
session
of
Romania’s
Parliament.
This
evening,
at
the
Romanian
Athenaeum,
the
hundreds
of
prominent
persons
here
in
attendance
represent
the
whole
nation,
symbolically
and
institutionally.
This
is
the
most
beautiful
gift
to
celebrate
the
last
quarter
of
a
Romanian
century.
So
help
us
God!
4 comments:
Marlene do all the sisters speak and understand perfect Romanian?
They did not learn Romanian while growing up. Only Margarita is fluent in the language. Most likely, Marie will become more conversant as she is now living in Romania.
How interesting. Was English their first language, then? Do they have accents?
English and French. The princesses attended boarding schools in the UK, so yes, they do have accents
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