Romanian Royal House

Over 300 musicians from 31 countries will take part in Bucharest and Sibiu, May 9-18, in the 26th edition of EUROPAfest, the only European festival that incorporates jazz, blues and pop music, according to organisers.

The Royal Family wishes a "national reconciliation", this being the objective King Mihai fought for, the Romanian Crown Custodian Margareta told AGERPRES in an interview. Prince Radu, in the same interview asserts that when the country is more divided, the Crown comes forth as "the single one that maintains a certain balance".

Romanian royalists are mystified by the decision of their 94-year-old ex-king this week to suddenly cut out his popular grandson, Prince Nicholas, from the line of succession.

Princess Margareta, the elder daughter of ex-sovereign of Romania Michael I and her husband Prince Radu were welcomed by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, King Michael's Press Office announced in a release to AGERPRES on Wednesday.

The meeting at Buckingham Palace was an invitation to tea at 5 p.m., the release added.

The artisan potters who won the grand prize at the 'Cocosul de Hurez' (The Hurez Rooster) International Ceramics Fair will leave for Italy to promote the Horezu ceramics, Horezu Town Mayor Ilie Fartat on Wednesday told AGERPRES.

Princess Margareta and her husband Prince Radu attended the opening of the 5th Romania-Jordan Congress of Medicine and Pharmacy, under the high patronage of Princess Muna, mother of Abdullah II, King of Jordan; the Romanian royals paid a visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between May 25 and 29.