Prince Nicholas of Romania (b. 1985)

Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
Prince Nicholas of Romania (remark)
Full name
Nicholas Michael
House	House of Romania
Father	Robin Medforth-Mills
Mother	Princess Elena of Romania
Born	1 April 1985 (1985-04-01) (age 26) Meyrin, Switzerland
Religion	Romanian Orthodox

Styles of Prince Nicholas of Romania
Reference style	His Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Sir

Romanian Royal Family

HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Crown Princess* HRH Prince Radu* HRH Princess Elena HRH Prince Nicholas* HRH Princess Irina HRH Princess Sofia HRH Princess Maria *titled accordingly in exoconstitutional family rules

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Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (born 1 April 1985), since 1 April 2010 styled as Prince Nicholas of Romania, is one of the designated heirs to the defunct throne of Romania according to the new family statute enacted in 2007.^[1] He is the eldest child and only son of Princess Elena of Romania and the late Robin Medforth-Mills.

Early life

Nicholas was born in Meyrin, a commuter town near Geneva, Switzerland. The family moved to England sometime after Nicholas' birth, and his younger sister, Elisabeta Karina was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Nicholas attended Shiplake College in Henley-on-Thames.

Prince of Romania

On 30 December 2007 Nicholas' maternal grandfather, Michael I of Romania, announced for Nicholas the title Prince of Romania with the style of "Royal Highness", which came into effect on Nicholas' 25th birthday, 1 April 2010.^[1] By virtue of his new title, he has become a member of the former Romanian Royal Family.

On the same occasion, King Michael, citing EU legislation and the values of the Romanian society, signed a new Statute of the Royal House, called Fundamental Rules of the Royal Family of Romania,^[1] apparently to entail his heritage and that of his predecessors, and also in an attempt to replace the 1884 Statute. By this new statute, considered by some Romanian commentators as an undemocratic^[2] act of only symbolic importance in the absence of its approval by the Parliament,^[3][4] there is a new line of succession to the defunct throne of Romania, in which Nicholas is in the third place, after his aunt and mother. Whilst otherwise, according to the last democratically enacted royal Constitution of Romania, dated 1923, which was based on Salic law, Nicholas would be barred from the throne (see "Line of succession to the Romanian throne"). On the same occasion, King Michael also asked the Romanian Parliament that, should it consider restoring the monarchy, it should also abolish the salic law of succession.

According to the new Statute, Nicholas became a member of the Royal Family, part of the broader Royal House, on 1 April 2010. He is a dynast and a member of the Romanian Royal House.^[1] As Nicholas' aunt, Princess Margareta of Romania is childless, it is most likely that upon the deaths of his grandfather, aunt, and mother, Nicholas would succeed as the future Head of the Romanian Royal House and pretender to the throne.^[1]

According to designations of King Michael, the Headship of the Royal House entails governance over the foundations of the family, tenure of the estates and residences of the House, as well as sovereignty over the House orders of chivalry, among other things.

As a descendant of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, he is also 90th in the line of succession to the British Throne^[5].

On 29 February 2008, Nicholas Medforth-Mills declared in an interview with the Romanian daily newspaper Cotidianul that if the Romanian people asked him to become a King, he wouldn't refuse.^[6] The Romanian press referred to him as "Prince Nicholas," even before he actually held the title.^[6]

Activity

Beginning in 2008, Nicholas is more and more present in the public life of Romania, taking part, for instance, at the 2008 UNITER theater gala^[7] and in the work visits throughout the country of his uncle, the former Special Representative of the Government, HRH Prince Radu of Romania.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 1 April 1985 – present: Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
• 1 April 2010 – present: His Royal Highness Prince Nicholas of Romania^[1]

Ancestry

See also

• Line of succession to the Romanian throne

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Fundamental Rules of the Royal Family of Romania, The Romanian Royal Family website as retrieved on 9 January 2008
2. ^ (Romanian) "A Dynastical Constitution," Romania libera, 9 January 2008
3. ^ (Romanian) "The King and Margarita – On The "Day of the Republic" The King Designated His Successor", Jurnalul National, 2 January 2008
4. ^ (Romanian) "The Actor Duda in The Role of A Lifetime: Prince Consort of Romania," Cotidianul, 3 January 2008
5. ^ http://www.britroyals.com/succession.htm
6. ^ ^{a b} (Romanian) Prince Nicholas: “I am ready to be the King of Romania”, Cotidianul, 28 February 2008
7. ^ (Romanian) "Prince Georg | 15 – 04 – 2008", Prince Radu's blog, accessed on 18 April 2008
8. ^ (Romanian) "Salonta and Beius | 17 – 04 – 2008", Prince Radu's blog, accessed on 18 April 2008
9. ^ (Romanian) "Oradea and Marghita | 18 – 04 – 2008", Prince Radu's blog, accessed on 19 April 2008
10. ^ (Romanian) "Carei and Satu Mare | 19 – 04 – 2008", Prince Radu's blog, accessed on 19 April 2008
11. ^ (Romanian) "Prince Radu in Bihor county", Prince Radu's website, accessed on 18 April 2008
12. ^ (Romanian) "The pupils from Gura Vadului | 16 – 04 – 2008", Prince Radu's blog, accessed on 18 April 2008
13. ^ (Romanian) "The visit of the pupils from Gura Vadului", Prince Radu's website, accessed on 18 April 2008

• Mosley, Charles. Blood Royal – From the time of Alexander the Great to Queen Elizabeth II (Ruvigny Ltd, London, 2002) (ISBN 0-9524229-9-9) (page 288)

External links

• House of Romania
• Genealogy of the Royal Family of Romania
• The Peerage

Prince Nicholas of Romania (b. 1985) House of Romania Born: 1 April 1985
Romanian royalty
Preceded by Princess Elena of Romania	Line of succession to the Romanian throne according to the 2007 Statute 3rd position	Succeeded by Karina Medforth-Mills
	Line of succession to the British throne

Persondata
Name	Medforth-Mills, Nicholas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1 April 1985
Place of birth	Meyrin, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death