Însemnări zilnice: vol. VII

Însemnări zilnice #7

by Marie of Romania, Sanda Ileana Racoviceanu (translator), Vasile Arimia (Editor)

In ianuarie 1925, regele Ferdinand se imbolnaveste si sufera o interventie chirurgicala. Este doar inceputul unui an tumultuos, care se va incheia cu a doua renuntare la tron, de data aceasta acceptata unanim, a principelui mostenitor Carol al II-lea. Bucuria provocata de aparitia in Statele Unite a articolelor reginei Maria, in care aceasta isi impartaseste opiniile despre regalitate, barbati, moda sau casatorie, este umbrita de criticile cu care aceste articole sint intimpinate in Europa. In insemnarile sale, regina vorbeste despre problemele din viata politica, despre abdicarea lui Carol si convalescenta regelui, dar si despre pasiunea sa pentru flori sau despre vizitele in Regatul sirbilor, croatilor si slovenilor, in Anglia si Franta.

„O discutie ingrozitoare, sfisietoare in aceasta dimineata cu privire la soarta baiatului nostru. O agonie infricosatoare, ce nu se poate descrie. Te simti ca si cum ai privi intr-un mormint deschis unde se afla un om viu. Ca si cum ti-ai ingropa unul dintre copii inainte de a fi mort – si, in plus, pe cel care urma sa indeplineasca munca de construire a unei tari, cel care urma sa-ti fie mina dreapta, cel pe care puteai conta, pe care te puteai bizui, cel care, dintre toti ceilalti, trebuia sa-ti fie alaturi.”

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria), previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh, was a British Princess by birth and Romanian Queen by marriage.

She was the eldest daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Her father was the second-eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Her mother was the only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse. She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 15 December 1875 and her godparents were the Empress and Tsarevitch of Russia, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Princess of Wales and the Duke of Connaught. As her father was in the Royal Navy, she spent much of her early childhood abroad, particularly in Malta.