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Queen Marie, in the midst of the Hungarians, at Karoly Castle: “It is really strange to be the enemy’s deliverer”
In the 1919 visit to Transylvania, the Royal Family also stopped at Carei. Their welcome could not have been better, and the great surprise came from the Hungarians who thanked King Ferdinand and Queen Marie for winning the war, being in the position of the “enemy’s...
Queen Marie, the first day in Paris: “Everything and everyone is pressing me at the same time”
She hardly just resumed her ordinary life in Cotroceni- as it was before she went into exile- that Queen Marie was again called on to serve the country. The Romanian delegation had already left for the Paris Peace Conference, but the Queen’s relations, prestige and...
Queen Marie in Cluj: “Even though the cities are very Hungarian, the rural area is almost entirely Romanian”
In their visit to Transylvania, in 1919, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie could not miss Cluj. The city welcomed them with open arms, Queen Marie writing in her journal the following: “At 10:30 we arrived in Cluj, the largest city of the ones I visited. Even though the...