The Kings and Queens of the Netherlands, Spain and Norway will be among the 2,000 mourners at Westminster Abbey, alongside representatives from Lichtenstein, Bhutan and Monaco.
Funeral. Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania, and Prince Consort Radu take part today, at Buckingham Palace, in the State reception given by King Charles III of Great Britain, the Royal Family of Romania informs. The cited source states that, during the evening, Her Majesty Margareta and Prince Radu will hold vigil besides the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, in Westminster Hall. The Custodian of the Crown and the Prince Consort arrived in London on Saturday to attend the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Custodian of the Crown Margareta is the daughter of the last Sovereign of Romania, King Michael I (1921-2017), who reigned between 1940 and 1947, when the communist puppet government, installed by the Soviet occupation troops, forced him to abdicate and go into exile. The Romanian and British royal houses are related.
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TENNIS The world's former number one tennis player, Romanian Simona Halep, has announced her intention to stay away from competitions this year. She had earlier informed her supporters of having recently undergone nose surgery, and that is going to keep her out of competitions for a while. Halep was eliminated in the first round of the US Open but stays in WTA top ten. A Roland Garros Champion in 2018 and in Wimbledon, a year later, Halep turns 31 in late September.
ENERGY The ruling coalition in Bucharest has been assessing a series of potential amendments to the ordinance regulating energy prices and is currently drawing up fresh support and energy-saving schemes. In order to reduce the energy consumption, coalition leaders have agreed that by next week, the Ministry of the Environment come up with a proposal to replace incandescent light bulbs with LED bulbs. At the same time, every ministry must produce a measure plan to curb energy consumption. Coalition partners