Guests from royal families attend former Romanian king's funeral
An illustrious roster of royals, most of them from Europe, are attending the funeral of Romania's former king, Michael I, who died at the age of 96 in Switzerland.
Soldiers carry the coffin of late Romanian King Michael as Britain's Prince Charles, Former Spanish Queen Sofia and former Spanish King Juan Carlos, King Carl Gustaf of Sweden and his wife, Sweden's Queen Silvia and Henri, Duke of Luxembourg, attend a funeral ceremony for late Romanian King Michael in Bucharest, Romania, on December 16, 2017.
King Michael I, who ruled Romania twice before being forced to abdicate by the communists in 1947, died at age 96 in Switzerland this month.
The late monarch's remains were flown by military plane to Romania this week and received with great fanfare.
Romanian politicians, diplomats and tens of thousands of mourners have paid their respects at his coffin, first in the mountain resort where he was born and then at the Royal Palace in Bucharest.
Michael's final journey before he is buried at the Curtea de Arges cemetery in central Romania will be by royal train.
Guests
An illustrious roster of royals, most of them from European royal families, are attending the funeral.
Britain's Prince Charles is in attendance.
Michael was a first cousin of his father, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Britain's Prince Charles, Former Spanish Queen Sofia and former Spanish King Juan Carlos attend a funeral ceremony for late Romanian King Michael in Bucharest, Romania, on December 16, 2017.
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia are present, so are Spain's former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia who are close to Romania's royal family.
King Carl Gustaf of Sweden and his wife, Sweden's Queen Silvia, attend a funeral ceremony for late Romanian King Michael in Bucharest, Romania, on December 16, 2017.
Non-European royal guests include Princess Muna al-Hussein, mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Crown Princess Margareta of Romania and her husband, Radu Duda, attend a funeral ceremony for late Romanian King Michael in Bucharest, Romania, on December 16, 2017.
The will
It's not clear exactly how much Michael and the royal house owns, but they do have castles and real estate.
The crown custodian Princess Margaret, daughter of King Michael of Romania leans on the King's coffin inside the former Royal Palace that houses the National Arts Museum, where the coffin of the late King is displayed in Bucharest, on December 15, 2017.
While Romania has been a republic for 70 years, the monarchy still holds some allure for Romanians, and Michael was seen as a symbol of morality and modesty.
People stay in line to pay their respects to the late King Michael I of Romania inside the former Royal Palace that houses the National Arts Museum, where the coffin of the late King is displayed in Bucharest, on December 15, 2017.
There is speculation that Prince Paul may seek material reparations, and Medforth-Mills, who's among the more popular royals, may seek a wider public role after his mysterious disinheritance in 2015, allegedly over a child born out of wedlock.
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