Queen Sofia saddened by King Michael's health issues

Bucharest 2011  photo by Marlene A. Eilers Koenig

Queen Sofia of Spain, the mother of King Felipe VI and consort of King Juan Carlos, is very saddened by the news about the serious health problems of one of her favorite cousins, King Michael of Romania, according to the Spanish newspaper, ABC.

Queen Sofia and King Michael are first cousins, as her father, King Paul, and Michael's mother, Queen Helen, were siblings,  children of King Constantine I and Queen Sophie of the Hellenes.