Royal Palace of Bucharest

The 20th anniversary of the return to Elisabeta Palace of King Mihai (Michael) of Romania and Queen Anne is marked in a documentary published on Facebook on Monday by the Royal House. "On May 18, 2001, King Mihai and Queen Anne returned home to Elisabeta Palace, having become by Parliament vote the King's residence during his lifetime.

As Britain awaits Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's impending marriage, Romania is set to have its own royal wedding in September as Nicolae Medforth-Mills, the late ex-king Michael I's grandson, is set to wed his partner, artist Alina-Maria Binder.

Romanians are preparing for days of mourning ahead of funeral on Saturday December 16 of the country's last king Michael I, who died last Wednesday in his modest residence in Switzerland, at the age of 96.