Romania's former King Michael I has died in Switzerland at the age of 96, a year after being diagnosed with cancer.
King Michael was born at Sinaia’s Peles Castle, and was one of HM Queen Elizabeth II's cousins. Thame is twinned with Sinaia, Romania.
King Michael ruled Romania twice, from 1927 to 1930 and then from 1940 to 1947, before the communist government ended the monarchy.
Vlad Oprea, Mayor of Sinaia, wrote the following in the condolences book at Peles Castle on 6 December:
“For me, as a resident of Sinaia, it was a great honour to meet in person His Majesty, King Michael of Romania, for the first time here at Peles Castle in June 2008”.














