PHOTOS: King Charles III arrived to his favourite Hungarian village!
King Charles III is already in Romania, where he met with President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest yesterday morning. But after the official programs ended, he went to Zalánpatak, a small Hungarian village in Transylvania, Romania, where he has a mansion and regularly spent time during the summers when he was the Prince of Wales. As king, he returns because, as he says, he loves Transylvania and Romania.
Formalities in Bucharest
According to Yahoo News, King Charles III arrived in Romania for his first foreign visit after his coronation on 6 May. He was welcomed with military honours yesterday by Romania’s German-born president, Klaus Iohannis, in Bucharest. Their meeting was followed by a reception with 300 partakers in the Romanian Presidential Cotroceni Palace.
“The King has begun his first overseas visit since his coronation, travelling to Romania for a private solo stay in the country’s Transylvanian region,” Buckingham Palace wrote. “It is not known how long Charles will spend in Romania,” they added.
“I’ve come to love Romania: your culture and art, your heritage and history, your sweeping landscapes and priceless biodiversity,” the king said at the reception.
The return of the king
Charles did not remain in the Romanian capital for long. After the official programs ended, he headed to Transylvania, to Zalánpatak (Valea Zălanului), a small Hungarian village (96 percent of the locals are Hungarians). There, the king owns a mansion. He regularly spent time there when he was the Prince of Wales. And it seems he plans to spend some time there even as king. Here are two photos of his arrival and how happily locals welcomed him. He was accompanied by his “local” Hungarian friend, Count Tibor Kálnoky.
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- Photo: MTI
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- Photo: MTI
We wrote HERE how Charles “fell in love” with the tiny Hungarian settlement and its astonishing environment 25 years ago. To sum up, the village is at the end of a side road, in the middle of some beautiful forests where only the barking of the shepherd dogs disturbs tranquillity. His local Hungarian cook, Aunt Eve, even shared some secrets about him: we also wrote about it in our article.
The British monarch owns several properties in Transylvania, where he is good friends with Count Tibor Kálnoky. He sent THIS message to Charles when Elizabeth II died last year. Interestingly, King Charles did not go to Transylvania by chance. He is 1/32 Hungarian since his great-great-great-granny was Hungarian. Klaudia Rhédey was born near Marosvásárhely in Transylvania and married Prince Louis Paul Alexander (1804-1885) of Württemberg. Klaudia Rhédey was the grandmother of George V’s wife, Mary of Teck (1867-1953).
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17 Comments
Transilvania is in ROMÂNIA !!!!!! Please stop LYING ABOUT TRANSILVANIA !!!
Dear reader, thank you for your remark. Transylvania is indeed in Romania, we never stated otherwise. Thank you for reading us.
Favorite Romanian village, your title is wrong. He even stated that. No one said anything about Hungaria, not Charles, not any Romanian politicians
It’s not Hungary idiots but Romania! Who was your geography teacher? Orban!?!?
Is a Romanian village…NOT Hungarian !
King Charles III is visiting Romania !Transilvania is Romania!
How is it possible to call a village in Romania a “Hungarian village”?
King Charles III is visiting Transilvania ,ROMANIA…NOT Hungary!
Lol “Hungarian village ” 😂😂😂 So is Bucharest the capital of Hungary then ? It’s a Romanian village not Hungarian
Cosmin asks:
03/06/2023 at 13:58 How is it possible to call a village in Romania a “Hungarian village”?
[Source: dailynewshungary.com https://dailynewshungary.com/photos-king-charles-iii-arrived-to-his-favourite-hungarian-village/%5D
How? Because 96% of the village’s population is Hungarian!
Yes the village is in Romania now, The villagers speak Hungarian. It was part of Hungary prior to World War 1 , given to Romania after the war, Stayed at the resort for a week, The name is still Hungarian
Several villages in Romania have mostly Hungarian people, who have been living there for generations. They speak Hungarian and their lifestyle is Hungarian.
Crazy journalist!Mue!
It was not Klaudia but Claudia , which is a latin name, has nothing to do with the hunic language.
There are many sites in Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, and others where a large proportion of the population speak Hungarian. This is a remnant of the time when these were indeed parts of Hungary but were allotted to the surrounding countries at the Treaty of Trianon ( or Versailles) when the borders were re-aligned to what they are today.
Voici 3 ans qu’elle ne fait plus partie à la Roumanie. Selon le traités de Trianon 1920-2020 la Hongrie doit récupérer tous les pays. Je crois que c’est l’arrière grand-mère du Roi Charles3 qui était d’origine Hongroise même son nom est de consonance Hongroise.
Re: Mihai Petrisor says: 03/06/2023 at 14:42 Lol “Hungarian village ” 😂😂😂 So is Bucharest the capital of Hungary then ? It’s a Romanian village not Hungarian
-> That was funny! Thank you Mihai for putting a funny spin into the discussion. Fully agree with you. Apologies for this Hungarian right wing bullshit.
Re: Mihai Petrisor says: 03/06/2023 at 14:42 Lol “Hungarian village ” 😂😂😂 So is Bucharest the capital of Hungary then ? It’s a Romanian village not Hungarian.
-> i found that hilarious 🙂 Thanks for putting a funny spin into the discussion. Sorry about this Hungarian right wing crap.