A thread to discuss the non-reigning Bulgarian Royal Family's news, current events and general discussion.QuoteMembers of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the last King and former Prime Minister Simeon II to be nominated for the BSP candidate in the presidential elections later this year. This reports the Bulgarian News site Dnevnik.bg Monday.
King Simeon (now 79), who as a toddler under a Regency ruled from 1943 until the Communists abolished the monarchy in 1946, has repeatedly said not to aspire to the Presidency or to want. Earlier this year he stated on several occasions, on request, not a candidate.
Read more translated:
www.vorsten.nl/2016/07/25/koning-simeon-genoemd-als-presidentskandidaat/ - Translator (http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vorsten.nl%2F2016%2F07%2F25%2Fkoning-simeon-genoemd-als-presidentskandidaat%2F)
The Tsar, Tsarina, their children and the rest of extended family poses for a photo outside the palace.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Simeon Borisov von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who was a tsar in his infant years and has also been the countrys prime minister, rightfully owns a palace in western Bulgaria.
More: Bulgarian Ex-Tsar Simeon II Wins Palace Ownership Case | Balkan Insight (https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/13/bulgarian-ex-tsar-simeon-ii-wins-palace-ownership-case/)
Thank you for posting. I find the stories of former young monarchs ie: Romania's Michael and Bulgaria's Simeon to be fascinating. I've been amazed at how welcome many of the former monarchs in the former Iron Curtain nations have had semi-official status (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia) in their former kingdoms. Portugal is another nation that does give their pretender a semi-official status.
I came across that Bistritsa was also referred to as Bistriza Royal Palace.
Zarska Bistriza Royal Palace in the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria, 01... News Photo - Getty Images (http://www.gettyimages.com/license/1040375754)
The Third Edition of the Vrana Economic Counsil-2021 Economic Forum was held in the Vrana Palace in the presene of King Boris.
? ??????? ??????? ?? ??????? ??????? ??????? ?? ????????????? ????? ?Vrana Economic Council-2021 ?.? ? ?.?. ??? ?????? II (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2021/09/v-dvoretsa-vrana-se-provede-tretoto-izdanie-na-ikonomicheskiya-forum-vrana-economic-council-2021-g/)
King Simeon and Mrs. Irina Bokova - Director-General of UNESCO (2009-2017) participated in a conference on "Gender stereotypes about women's participation in business."
?.?. ??? ?????? II ? ?-?? ????? ??????-????????? ???????? ?? ?????? (2009-2017) ????????? ? ??????????? ?? ????? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ????????? ?? (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2021/09/n-v-tsar-simeon-ii-i-g-zha-irina-bokova-generalen-direktor-na-yunesko-2009-2017-uchastvaha-v-konferentsiya-na-tema-polovi-stereotipi-spryamo-uchastieto-na-zhenite-v-biznesa/)
King Simeon welcomed at a working lunch in the Vrana Palace the members of the Board of the Council of Women in Business in Bulgaria.
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King Simeon opened the 16th world meeting of the Bulgarian media in the Rila Monastery.
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King Simeon attended holy Liturgy celebrated by the Patriarch and Metropolitans of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the royal chapel of St Ivan Rilski of Vrana Palace.
After King Simeon bestowed the grand cross of the dynastic order of St Alexander upon the Metropolitan Bishop of Plovdiv.
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King Simeon in an interview with Vanitatis website.
Sime?n de Bulgaria: "Las falsedades que se hayan dicho sobre m? son gajes del oficio" (https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/casas-reales/2021-10-25/simeon-de-bulgaria-entrevista-espana-rey-felipe_3301600/)
The King and Queen attended a ceremony at which it was announced that the hall of the Fakti.bg media would be named after Ambassador Camilo Dzukoli, who died in 2019. Ambassador Dzukoli was a close friend of the Royal Family for many years.
?????? ?? ?????????? ????? ??????.??? ???? ???? ????? ?? ???????? ???????? ?????? ??????? ? ?.?. ??? ?????? II (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2021/10/zalata-na-novinarska-mediya-fakti-bg-veche-nosi-imeto-na-pokojniya-poslanik-kamilo-dzukoli/)
October 20. King Simeon and Queen Margarita attended the opening of the exhibition of Gabriela von Habsburg in Sofia.
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Happy 56th Birthday to Prince Kubrat.
November 14. King Simeon votes in the elections for President and for the 47th National Assembly. He exercised his right to vote in Sofia in the 150th High School "King Simeon I" in JK "Friendship"
?? 14 ??????? 2021 ?. ????? ??????? ?? ???????? ?? ????????? ? ?? 47-?? ??????? ????????. ??? ??????? ??????? ?? ?? ???? ? ????? ? 150-?? ??? ???? (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2021/11/na-14-noemvri-2021-g-tsaryat-glasuva-na-izborite-za-47-mo-narodno-sabranie-toj-uprazhni-pravoto-si-na-glas-v-sofiya-v-150-to-sou-tsar-simeon-i-v-zh-k-druzhba/)
Jules Gravereaux presented to King (Tsar) Ferdinand and Queen Eleonore the new rose varieties at the Bagatelle rose garden in Paris in 1910. :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:
King Simeon gave an interview for the magazine Destinations.
Interview for magazine Destinations ? ultimate guide for your holiday ? H.M. King Simeon II (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/en/2021/12/intervyu-na-tsar-simeon-ii-za-spisanie-destinations-ultimate-guide-for-your-holiday/)
Happy 53nd Birthday to Princess Carla.
King Simeon welcomed His Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte in the chapel of the Vrana Palace as celebrated the beginning of the new year.
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King Simeon and Queen Margarita gave an interview to this week's edition of French magazine Point de Vue at Tsarska Bistritsa:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYln63VM2lk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Happy 50th Birthday to Princess Kalina.
Their anniversary is tomorrow.
"On 20 January 1962, King Simeon and Queen Margarita signed a civil marriage in Lausanne...."
?? 20 ?????? 1962 ?. ??? ?????? ? ?????? ????????? ????????? ?????????? ???? ? ??????. ? ?.?. ??? ?????? II (https://www-kingsimeon-bg.translate.goog/2022/01/na-20-yanuari-1962-g-tsar-simeon-i-tsaritsa-margarita-podpisvat-grazhdanski-brak-v-lozana/?_x_tr_sl=bg&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=el&_x_tr_pto=sc)
Happy 60th Wedding anniversary to King Simeon and Queen Margarita.
King Simeon congratulated the President Mr. Rumen Radev and the Vice President Mrs. Iliana Yotova on the occasion of their inauguration for a second term as attended the ceremony on the square "St. Alexander Nevsky".
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On the occasion of her 50th birthday Princess Kalina has given an interview to Spanish magazine Hola:
Kalina de Bulgaria cumple 50 a?os posando para ?HOLA! en los Balcanes (https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20220125308631/kalina-bulgaria-50-cumpleanyos-20-aniversario-matrimonio-kitin-munoz/)
Mafalda Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , the eldest of the three children of Prince Kyril of Bulgaria and his ex-wife, the art consultant Rosario Nadal, will marry her boyfriend , the Lebanese-born British financier Marc Abousleiman, next May.
Mafalda de Bulgaria se casa: ser? en mayo, en Mallorca (https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20220126308841/mafalda-de-bulgaria-anuncia-boda-mayo-mallorca/)
"Last Sunday, HM Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria was invested by HRH the Duke of Braganza as knight great cross of the Real Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao de Vila Vicosa in Lisbon. The ceremony was held in Lisbon, attended by HM Queen Margarita and TRH the Duchess of Braganza and the Prince of Beira"
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65 years on this day HRH Princess Maria Louisa of Bulgaria and HSH Prince Karl zu Leiningen were married in Cannes. On the 2nd photo with the Princess's uncle HM King Umberto II of Italy. The couple were 4 times fourth cousins once removed, since the Princess is a 3rd-great-granddaughter of Duke Franz Saxe Coburg Saalfeld, and her groom 4 times a 4th-great-grandson, twice through his mother, Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, and twice through his father. The couple were the parents of Princes Boris and Hermann zu Leiningen.
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Spanish magazine Hola asked Mafalda about her upcoming wedding on May 28:
Mafalda de Bulgaria se pronuncia sobre su boda (https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20220225205294/mafalda-de-bulgaria-boda-declaraciones/)
King Simeon attended the opening of the exhibition "The Great Masters of the twentieth century" at the Art Gallery "Eyebrows" by the famous Bulgarian sculptor and former Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov:
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Princess Mafalda gave an concert last night in Madrid and her mother Rosario was there to support her:
Mafalda de Bulgaria act?a en Madrid con su madre, Rosario Nadal, como asistente (https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20220305205763/mafalda-bulgaria-concierto-madrid-rosario-nadal/)
Happy 15th Birthday to Prince Simeon-Hassan.
King Simeon participated in the International Diplomatic Forum in the Turkish resort of Antalya:
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King Simeon gave an interview to the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita about to his childhood memories in Bulgaria, the life of the Royal Family in Alexandria and Madrid, his return home and the time he was Prime Minister:
?.?.??? ?????? II ???? ?????????? ??????? ?? ??????? ?????????? ?????????????? ? ?.?. ??? ?????? II (https://www-kingsimeon-bg.translate.goog/2022/03/n-v-tsar-simeon-ii-dade-prostranno-intervyu-za-polskiya-ezhednevnik-zhechpospolita/?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=el&_x_tr_pto=sc)
King Simeon and Queen Margarita's eldest grandchild Princess Mafalda is engaged.
Royal Musings: Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria's wedding date set (https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2022/04/princess-mafalda-of-bulgarias-wedding.html)
"THE TSAR EMBODIES THE UNITY OF THE NATION IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY" INTERVIEW OF PLAMEN MIHAILOV WITH HIS MAJESTY TSAR SIMEON II.
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On 4 May King Simeon and Queen Margarita attended the consecration of the new building of the Georgian Embassy in Sofia:
?. ?. ??? ?????? II ? ?. ?. ?????? ????????? ???????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????? ? ??????? ??????? ? ?.?. ??? ?????? II (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2022/05/n-v-tsar-simeon-ii-i-n-v-tsaritsa-margarita-privetstvaha-mladezhkite-gvardejski-otryadi-v-dvoretsa-vrana/)
King Simeon gave an interview and confirmed that his grandson Prince Boris (son of the late Prince Kardam and Princess Miriam ) will become The Custodian of the Crown in the future. The Bulgarian royals ( Saxe-Coburgs) seem to be following the example of their neighbors in Romania.
Le successeur du roi Sim?on II portera le titre de ? Gardien de la couronne ? - Revue Dynastie (https://revuedynastie.fr/le-successeur-du-roi-simeon-ii-portera-le-titre-de-gardien-de-la-couronne/)
Princess Malfalda of Bulgaria and her fiance Marc Abousleiman were married over the weekend.
Royal Musings (http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/)
On 9 June a round table was held at the Vrana Palace on the topic: "The nuclear transition to sustainable energy" with the presence of the King Simeon.
?.?. ??? ?????? II ??????? ? ?????? ???? ?? ????: ????????? ?????? ??? ????????? ???????. ???????????.? ? ?.?. ??? ?????? II (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2022/06/n-v-tsar-simeon-ii-uchastva-v-kragla-masa-na-tema-yadreniyat-prehod-kam-ustojchiva-energiya-realnostite/)
On 8 July , the King Simeon received at the Vrana Palace Mr. Ilhan Kyuchuk, co-chairman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe /ALDE/, who presented him with the Hans van Baalen medal on behalf of the Liberal International.
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King Simeon was a special guest at the opening of the Montenegrin Council "In the Heart of Graovo":
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The Bulgarian Supreme Court has determined that former King Simeon and his sister Princess Maria Louisa are the rightful owners of Vrana Palace.
Finally: The Sofia "Vrana" Palace is property of the former king of Bulgaria (https://www.europeantimes.news/2022/12/finally-the-vrana-palace-is-the-property-of-the-former-king-of-bulgaria/)
QuoteThe Supreme Court of Cassation of Bulgaria issued a final decision on the case with the palace:
Simeon of Saxe-Coburg and his sister Maria-Louisa are the owners of the park and the ?Vrana? palace, and all the state?s claims against them have been definitively rejected, reports the legal website Lex.bg. This happens after today the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) did not allow an appeal against the decision of the Sofia Court of Appeal (SAC), by which the two were recognized as owners of the property last summer.
The supreme judges point out that the decision of the SAC fully follows the most recent practice of the Supreme Court ? in the ?Tsarska Bistrica? case, which was decided after the ruling of the Constitutional Court (SC).
King Simeon II was the guest of honor at the solemn celebration of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Tsar Boris III at the G.S. Military Academy. Rakovsky:
?.?.??? ?????? II ???? ??????? ???? ?? ????????????? ??????????? ?? 130 ?. ?? ?????????? ?? ??? ????? III ??? ???????? ???????? ??.?.????????? ? ?.?. (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2024/01/n-v-tsar-simeon-ii-beshe-pocheten-gost-na-tarzhestvenoto-otbelyazvane-na-130-g-ot-rozhdenieto-na-tsar-boris-iii-vav-voennata-akademiya-g-s-rakovski/)
King Simeón and Queen Margarita met with Bulgarian-speaking representatives from the Ambassadors Club. (https://www.kingsimeon.bg/2024/04/tsaryat-i-tsaritsata-se-sreshtnaha-s-kluba-na-poslanitsite-govoreshti-balgarski-ezik/)