Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (; born 26 March 1949) is the eldest daughter of
King Michael I and
Queen Anne of Romania
Princess Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte Zita Marguerite of Bourbon-Parma (18 September 1923 – 1 August 2016) was the wife of King Michael I of Romania. Michael abdicated the throne in 1947, and he and Anne married the next year. Nonethel ...
. She assumed her father's duties in March 2016, upon his retirement, and has claimed the headship of the
House of Romania since his death on 5 December 2017. She also heads the Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation.
Until 2011, Margareta also used the style of a
princess of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brand ...
.
[Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). ''Burke's Guide to the Royal Family'', Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 279. ][de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 769 (French) ] Margareta has four sisters and no brothers or children. Her heir-presumptive is her next sister,
Princess Elena of Romania. According to the defunct royal constitutions of
1923 and
1938
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, women were barred from wearing the crown, and Margareta and her sisters would not be in the line of succession to the throne.
On 30 December 2007,
King Michael designated Margareta as heir presumptive to the defunct throne by an act that is not recognized by the Romanian government and lacks legal validity without approval by Romania's Parliament.
["The King and Margareta – On The "Day of the Republic" The King Designated His Successor"]
, '' Jurnalul Național'', 2 January 2008 On the same occasion, Michael also requested that, should the Romanian Parliament consider restoring the monarchy, the
Salic law of succession not be reinstated, allowing female succession. According to the new statute of the Romanian Royal House as declared by Michael, no illegitimate descendants or collateral lines may claim dynastic privileges, titles or rank and any such are excluded from the Royal House of Romania and from the line of succession to the throne.
Early life
Birth
Margareta was born on 26 March 1949 at Clinique de Montchoisi in
Lausanne
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, Switzerland,
as the first of King Michael I and Queen Anne's five daughters.
She was baptised in the
Romanian Orthodox Church; her godfather was
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from E ...
.
Her godmother was her maternal grandmother
Princess Margaret of Denmark
Princess Margaret of Denmark (Margrethe Françoise Louise Marie Helene; 17 September 1895 – 18 September 1992) was a Danish princess by birth and a princess of Bourbon-Parma as the wife of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma. She was the youngest g ...
who was also her namesake. She was followed by four sisters:
Princess Elena (born 1950), Princess Irina (born 1953), Princess Sophie (born 1957) and
Princess Maria (born 1964).
Childhood
Margareta spent her childhood at family homes in Lausanne and at
Ayot House, St Lawrence, in
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For gov ...
, England. During holidays she and her sisters spent time with their grandparents; paternally with
Helen, Queen Mother,
at ''Villa Sparta'' in Italy and maternally, with Princess Margaret
and her husband
Prince René of Bourbon-Parma in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan a ...
.
She and her sisters were told "fascinating tales of a homeland they couldn't visit" by their father.
She also spent time with relatives in Greece, Italy, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain.
Margareta met
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
for the first time in the summer of 1952 at
Balmoral Castle, when she was three years old. In her childhood, she spent holidays with
Prince Charles and his sister,
Princess Anne
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of ...
, who were close to Margareta, as well as
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (her cousin), and the Greek, Danish and Luxembourg royal families.
Queen Helen's
interest in horses influenced Margareta to become an
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
*Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...
.
In 1964, along with five other princesses, Margareta was a bridesmaid at the wedding of
Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark to King
Constantine II of Greece.
Education
Early education
In 1956, Margareta lived with Queen Helen for six months at her villa in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...
, attending kindergarten until returning to Switzerland, where she attended a primary school, with Princess Sophie, from age six to nine.
Secondary education
In 1960, she was sent to a boarding school in
Old Basing
Old Basing is a village in Hampshire, England, just east of Basingstoke. It was called ''Basengum'' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and ''Basinges'' in the Domesday Book.
Etymology
The root ''Bas'' derives from the Latin word '' basilīa'' - the ...
,
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
, where she stayed until she was 13; she found it difficult to be away from home but was glad that she became more mature, noting that her English improved later.
Her favourite subjects were: art, riding and natural sciences (she learned how to grow plants) and also piano lessons.
In 1964, she began secondary education at a French school in Switzerland, where she studied philosophy.
"I did my baccalaureate in Switzerland, got my driving licence the next day and I left very fast. I really didn't enjoy the baccalaureate, I didn't enjoy school, I didn't enjoy Switzerland" Margareta said in an interview in 2007.
After her Swiss-French
baccalaureate, rather than heading straight for Paris and studying at the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
, her preferred destination, she was persuaded to return to Florence to spend a year with her Romanian grandmother, whom she described as "my spiritual guide, my mentor, guiding star. She taught me a lot about life, opened my eyes to all that is beautiful and good in the world". Her dreams of art school were soon replaced by a determination to go to university.
Further education
Margareta studied sociology, political science and public international law at the
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1 ...
in Scotland, graduating in 1974. Known there as "Margareta de Roumanie", for the first few weeks she felt a depressing "sense of foreignness" but later became active in campus politics, becoming a member of the
students' representative council.
During an interview from 2011, she confessed that her first desire was studying philosophy: "I really enjoyed philosophy, but I realized I had to be a bit more practical. Then, in the 1970s, sociology was fashionable, so I chose it alongside the international law I wanted for the United Nations, and the political sciences because they could relate to international relations and give the opportunity to know systems. This combination of studies was very interesting. Maybe now, if I had to resume, I would do something more practical."
While at the university during her twenties, Margareta was involved in a five-year romantic relationship with
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony ...
, who would serve as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
from 2007 to 2010; in 2007, she was interviewed by an editor of ''
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
It was f ...
'': "It was a very solid and romantic story; I never stopped loving him, but one day it didn't seem right any more, it was politics, politics, politics, and I needed nurturing," she said.
Careers
After her graduation in 1974, she worked in a number of British universities for a few years, specialising in
medical sociology and
public health policy. Later she participated in an international research program coordinated by the
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...
that focused on developing health policy recommendations and preventive pilot projects.
In 1979, she then worked for the agencies of the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...
: The
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...
and The
United Nations Population Fund, where she joined Social projects in public health, based in Africa and Latin America where she came into contact with suffering and deficiencies of the disadvantaged which was the kick start of her experience of the beginning of a road in humanitarian service, which she has still followed since then.
In 1983, she moved to Rome and joined the
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
of the United Nations where, as a member of the
World Food Day
World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organizatio ...
project team, she worked for three years on the public awareness campaign concerning agricultural programs, nutrition, and poverty alleviation. She belonged to the
International Fund for Agricultural Development team until 1986.
In 1986, she joined the
International Fund for Agricultural Development where she handled relations with nongovernmental organizations and assisted in raising funds for IFAD programs.
Problems started to arise in Romania and in the summer of 1989 Margareta resigned from her job. Concluding that something fundamental was needed in Eastern Europe, she moved to
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...
to work with the
Romanian Crown Council and the
royal family
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term pa ...
, whose members began preparing themselves for what was to come.
Romania
Romanian revolution
In mid 1989, civil and governmental unrest started arising in the
Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...
as the loosening of control of Eastern Europe by the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
had triggered most of the impact for the former states which started a
Revolutionary wave leading to the
Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, was a revolutionary wave that resulted in the end of most communist states in the world. Sometimes this revolutionary wave is also called the Fall of Nations or the Autumn of Natio ...
.
In early December 1989, there was civil unrest by the anti-government protesters and on 16 December the 12-day
Romanian Revolution started; on the commands of President
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu ( , ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He ...
a mass genocide was led by members of the military who unanimously switched on the 22nd from supporting him to backing the protesting population. On 25 December, President Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Deputy Prime Minister
Elena Ceaușescu were deposed, captured and executed by orders from a
Drumhead military tribunal; 42 years of the
Socialist Republic of Romania
The Socialist Republic of Romania ( ro, Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian Peop ...
had ended. The revolution was the first overthrow of the ruling governmental system since
King Michael's Coup which he successfully staged in 1944 by arresting members of the
military government which supported
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
.
During the Revolution, all members of the Royal Family took a part to console the situation outside of Romania.
Arrival in Romania
While she was visiting one orphanage, a child in a filthy cot died in front of her. It spurred her to establish the ''Princess Margareta of Romania Foundation'' in 1990. The foundation has raised more than five million euros, through which it contributes to the development of Romanian
civil society.
A 25th anniversary celebration of Margareta's return to Romania was held at the
Romanian Athenaeum, followed by a dinner at the
CEC Palace
The CEC Palace ( ro, Palatul CEC) in Bucharest, Romania, built between 8 June 1897 and 1900, and situated on Calea Victoriei opposite the National Museum of Romanian History, is the headquarters of CEC Bank.
History
Before the construction of ...
with Romania's Prime Minister
Victor Ponta and Senate President
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 December 2004 to 22 December 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-pr ...
; around 200 other prominent guests participated in the festivities. Margareta also hosted a March 2015 gala at the dynasty's historical
family seat
A family seat or sometimes just called seat is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy. The residence usually denotes the social, economic, political, or historic connection of the family within a given area. Some families ...
,
Peleș Castle, in honour of the
Romanian Rugby Union, attended by
Klaus Johannis, the first incumbent Romanian president to pay an official visit to the former royal family.
Romanian Red Cross
On 15 May 2015, the General Assembly of the
Romanian Red Cross elected Margareta as President of the Romanian Red Cross. The Red Cross was instituted as a Romanian branch of the
International Red Cross in 1876, under the reign of her great-great grand uncle King
Carol I of Romania.
In her acceptance statement, she expressed her gratitude to the Romanian Red Cross representatives, who re-established a long and valuable tradition of partnership between the oldest organization in the country and the Romanian Crown.
Custodian of the Crown of Romania
Succession
Although at Margareta's birth she was not expected to inherit the defunct Romanian throne and the headship of the
Romanian royal family
The Romanian royal family ( ro, Familia regală a României) was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe. The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I of Romania was proclaimed king, unti ...
, the birth of four younger sisters and no brother meant that without a change in the royal family's succession laws, male members of the
House of Hohenzollern would succeed her father as pretenders to the Romanian throne, in accordance with the
Salic law enshrined in both the defunct royal Romanian Constitution of 1923 and the defunct Statute of the Romanian royal house, dated 1884.
In 1997 King Michael designated Margareta as successor to "all prerogatives and rights" of his, indicating his desire for a gender-blind succession to the throne; although there was much consideration of altering the line of succession, no actions were taken until 30 December 2007, when
King Michael I issued the statutes for the
Royal House
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...
, called ''The Fundamental Rules of the Royal House of Romania''.
Following the announcement of ''The Fundamental Rules'', King Michael asked the Romanian Government that, should it consider restoring the monarchy, it should also abolish the Salic law of succession.
Margareta does not use the title of Queen and prefers instead to be known as ''Custodian of the Romanian Crown'', a title that Michael I offered her.
Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern
Paul-Philippe al României (born 13 August 1948), also known as Prince Paul of Romania, Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern and Paul Lambrino, is the son of Carol Lambrino and Hélène Henriette Nagavitzine. His father was the elder son of King Carol II ...
(son of King Michael's illegitimate half-brother,
Carol Lambrino
Mircea Grigore Carol Hohenzollern (born Mircea Grigore Carol Lambrino; 8 January 1920 – 27 January 2006), also known as Prince Mircea Grigore Carol al României (anglicised as: of Romania) according to his amended Romanian birth certificat ...
) denounced King Michael's actions of creating ''The Fundamental Rules'' and severing ties with the House of Hohenzollern. Paul also claims to be head of the Romanian royal family, unlike his father.
Foreign relations
Although Margareta has no official role within the politics of Romania to maintain ties with other countries, she has fostered diplomatic relationships with numerous foreign dignitaries in her capacity as a head of the
House of Romania. During these visits she is often accompanied by her husband
Prince Radu, who is a special Romanian government representative for Integration, Co-operation and Sustainable Development.
Marriage
In 1994, Margareta met
Radu Duda, a Romanian citizen and part-time actor, through the work of the Princess Margareta Foundation. He was working as an
art therapist
Art therapy (not to be confused with ''arts therapy'', which includes other creative therapies such as drama therapy and music therapy) is a distinct discipline that incorporates creative methods of expression through visual art media. Art the ...
in orphanages when he was introduced to her during her tour of the foundation's programs. On 24 July 1996, she married Duda in a civil wedding at
Versoix.
Radu Duda was accorded the style "Radu, Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" on 1 January 1999, and was subsequently styled "''
HRH'' Radu, Prince of Romania",
being referred to by King Michael on 30 December 2007, as future "Prince Consort of Romania".
In Margareta's company and, more often alone, he has represented the former royal family publicly on various occasions. They live in the
Elisabeta Palace in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...
.
Controversies
BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc (BAE) is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe, and ranked the seventh-largest in the world based on applicable 2021 revenue ...
, one of the donors to the Princess Margareta of Romania Foundation, and its representatives have been involved in a corruption scandal involving purchase by the Romanian government of two decommissioned UK
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...
frigates refurbished by BAE, for which an alleged £7 million bribe was paid, some of which, it has also been alleged, ended up in the pockets of the Hohenzollern royal family to which Margareta belongs. The "Gardianul" newspaper,
[ ''Principele Duda, coleg la Colegiul de Apărare cu semnatarul contractului cu BAE'']
"Prince Duda, Classmate at The National Defence University with The Signer of The BAE Contract", ''Gardianul'', 17 June 2006 noting that both Margareta and her husband, as Special Representative of the Government, had met a number of times with the BAE Systems representatives before and after the signing of the governmental contract, inquired whether the royal family was involved in any lobbying on behalf of the company. In an official communiqué sent to the newspaper,
Prince Radu denied any such lobbying activities, stating that as patron of the British-Romanian
Chamber of Commerce
A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to ...
of which BAE Systems is a member, he met with its representatives as well as those of other British companies.
Political support
The main
pro-monarchist party
PNŢCD, currently extra-parliamentary, is ambiguous in its support for Margareta. In 2002, it rejected any role for her or her husband in a restored monarchy,
[''PNŢCD gândeşte revenirea la monarhie prin Prinţul Nicolae'']
"PNŢCD Plans The Restoration of Monarchy through Prince Nicholas", '' Ziua'', 1 March 2002 while in 2003 the
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branch of PNŢCD officially invited her to be its electoral candidate to the Senate of the Republic in upcoming elections.
Prior to his death, King Michael had not given up the hope for the restoration of the throne: "We are trying to make people understand what Romanian monarchy was and what it can still do."
In a July 2013 survey about a potential restoration of monarchy in Romania, 19% of respondents gave Margareta as their favorite, while 29.9% supported her father. 48.1% said they did not know or did not answer.
In December 2017, on the backdrop of the increased capital of trust in the Royal House of Romania, re-emerging with the death of King Michael, the executive chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party Nicolae Bădălau said that one could organize a referendum on the transition to the monarchical ruling form, arguing that "it is not a bad thing, considering that the countries that have the monarchs are developed countries", being a project of the future. At the same time, the leader of the coalition party and the president of the Senate of Romania,
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 December 2004 to 22 December 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-pr ...
, reinforced this idea, claiming that he is a convinced monarchist and "constitutional monarchy has the advantage of placing the monarch over political games, case: the president, instead of being an arbitrator, prefers to be a player. "
Honours and awards
Honours
Dynastic
*
House of Romania: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the
Royal Order of Carol I
*
House of Romania: Sovereign Royal Knight Grand Cross of the
Royal Order of the Crown
*
House of Romania: Sovereign Knight of the
Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown, Special Class
*
Portuguese Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the
Order of Saint Isabel
Ecclesiastical
* Order of Our Lady of Prayer (
Romanian Orthodox Church)
Foreign
* : Recipient of the
Medal of Merit of the Ministry of Defence, 2nd Class
* : Knight of the
Order of the Legion of Honour
* : Dame Grand Cross of the
Order of Merit
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* : Recipient of the
Medal of Democracy
Honorary titles and medals
In Romania
*
Honorary Citizen
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of the
Cluj County
*
Honorary Citizen
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of
Iași
Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...
* Recipient of the Gold Olympic Order of the
Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Outside Romania
* Recipient of the
Académie Française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...
’s medal
*
Honorary Citizen
Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...
of The
Jerash Governorate
* Honorary Citizen of Scotland
* Recipient of the Jordan
Red Crescent’s Golden Medal
* Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe: The North Cross
* Recipient of the
Dimitrie Cantemir Medal from the
Academy of Sciences of Moldova
* Recipient of the
50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
* Recipient of the
70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf
* Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace in Special class with rubies by
Slovak NGO Servare et Manere
;Honorific eponym
*
''Principesa Mostenitoare Margareta'' Scoala Gimnaziala
;Honorary academic degrees
*
Honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or '' ad h ...
of the
University of Pitești
* Honorary degree of the
Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
*
Honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or '' ad h ...
of the
Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations
*
Honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or '' ad h ...
of the
Babeș-Bolyai University
Ancestry
Publications
* '' The Romanian Crown at 140 years. Coroana română- la 140 de ani'', 2008
* ''The Diamond wedding. Nunta de diamant'', 2008
* ''Royal cookery book. Carte regală de bucate'', 2010 �
recenzie* ''The king's music. Albumul Muzica Regelui'', 2011
* ''The royal Christmas. Crăciunul Regal'', 2013, 2014
* ''Săvârșin. The detail. Săvârșin. Detaliul* '', 2015
* ''Encourage with your hand the Romanian Crown. Susţine cu a ta mână Coroana Română'', 2017 - The volume includes texts about the kings and queens of Romania, as well as about the current generation of the Royal Family.
See also
*
Monarchism in Romania
References
External links
The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation WebsiteThe Official Website of The Romanian Royal HouseholdThe Official Blog of The Romanian Royal FamilySavarsin Castle, Country Home of Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian CrownMargareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, President of The Romanian Red Cross
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1949 births
Living people
House of Romania
Romanian princesses
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Recipients of the Order pro Merito Melitensi
Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel
Recipients of the Olympic Order
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Romanian diplomats
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