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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Margareta
| title        = [[Custodian of the Crown of Romania]]
| image        = Regina Margareta (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Margareta in 2017
| image_size   = 
| full name    = 
| succession   = [[Romanian royal family|Head of the House of Romania]] <br /> (disputed)
| reign        = 5 December 2017 – present
| reign-type   = Tenure
| predecessor  = [[Michael I of Romania|King Michael I]]
| successor    = [[Princess Elena of Romania|Princess Elena]]
| suc-type     = Heir presumptive
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Prince Radu of Romania|Radu Duda]]|24 July 1996}}
| house        = [[Romanian royal family|Romania]] (since 2011)<br />[[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] (until 2011)
| father       = [[Michael I of Romania]]
| mother       = [[Anne of Bourbon-Parma]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1949|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Lausanne]], Switzerland
| signature    = Princess Margareta of Romania signature.svg
| religion     = [[Romanian Orthodox]]
}}
{{Romanian Royal Family|Margareta}}

'''Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/court-circular?text=&mrf=&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=30%2F05%2F2018&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=30%2F05%2F2018&id= |title=Court Circular - Clarence House |date=30 May 2018  |website=The Royal Family |access-date=2018-06-01|quote=The Prince of Wales this evening called upon Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania at Elisabeta Palace.}}</ref> ({{Langx|ro|Custode al Coroanei Române}}; born 26 March 1949) is the eldest daughter of [[King Michael I]] and [[Queen Anne of Romania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794131,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313151307/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794131,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2007 |title=RUMANIA: Compression |publisher=TIME |date=12 January 1948 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798826,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930074000/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798826,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=Milestones, Jun. 21, 1948 |publisher=TIME |date=21 June 1948 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> She assumed her father's duties in March 2016, upon his retirement, and has claimed the headship of the [[House of Romania]] since his death on 5 December 2017. She also heads the Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.frmr.ro |title=The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation |website=Fundatia Regala Margareta a Romaniei |access-date=2021-08-20}}</ref>

Until 2011, Margareta also used the style of a [[House of Hohenzollern|princess of Hohenzollern]].<ref name="burke">Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). ''Burke's Guide to the Royal Family'', Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 279. {{ISBN|0-220-66222-3}}</ref><ref name="petit">de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 769 (French) {{ISBN|2-9507974-3-1}}</ref><ref name="familiaregala.ro">{{cite web |url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/ro/familia-regala-astazi/prezentare/asr-principesa-margareta/ |title=ASR Principesa Moștenitoare Margareta |website=Familiaregala.ro |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805120908/http://www.familiaregala.ro/ro/familia-regala-astazi/prezentare/asr-principesa-margareta/ |archive-date=5 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/cuvantul-principesei-mostenitoare-la-ateneul-roman/ |title=Cuvântul Principesei Moștenitoare la Ateneul Român / Speech of the Crown Princess at the Romanian Athenaeum &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=19 January 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/bucuresti/Bucuresti-_Regele_Mihai_I_anunta_ruperea_tuturor_legaturilor_istorice_si_dinastice_cu_Casa_de_Hohenzollern_0_478152444.html King Michael I announces the severance of all historical and dynastic ties to the House of Hohenzollern], ''[[Adevărul]]'', 11 May 2011</ref><ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/eveniment/Conflictele_dintre_Casa_Regala_a_Romaniei_si_Casa_Princiara_de_Hohenzollern_0_478152637.html The history of the conflicts between the Royal House of Romania and the Princely House of Hohenzollern], ''[[Adevărul]]'', 11 May 2011</ref> Margareta has four sisters and no brothers or children. Her heir-presumptive is her next sister, [[Princess Elena of Romania]]. According to the defunct royal constitutions of [[1923 Constitution of Romania|1923]] and [[1938 Constitution of Romania|1938]], women were barred from wearing the crown, and Margareta and her sisters would not be in the line of succession to the throne.

On 30 December 2007,<ref name="Rules">{{cite web |url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/upload/p0002_FundamentalRules.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.familiaregala.ro |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227200035/http://www.familiaregala.ro/upload/p0002_FundamentalRules.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/473235/Principesa-Margareta-mostenitoarea-coroanei-regale/ "Princess Margarita, heir to the throne of Romania,"] ''[[Evenimentul Zilei]]'', 30 December 2007</ref> King Michael designated Margareta as heir presumptive to the defunct throne by an act that is not recognized by the Romanian government and lacks legal validity without approval by Romania's Parliament.<ref name="Jurnalul">{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.jurnalul.ro/articole/112922/regele-si-margareta-de-%e2%80%9eziua-republicii%e2%80%9c-mihai-si-a-desemnat-succesoarea "The King and Margareta – On The "Day of the Republic" The King Designated His Successor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007222110/http://jurnalul.ro/articole/112922/regele-si-margareta-de-%E2%80%9Eziua-republicii%E2%80%9C-mihai-si-a-desemnat-succesoarea |date=7 October 2016 }}, ''[[Jurnalul Național]]'', 2 January 2008</ref><ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.cotidianul.ro/index.php?id=16726&art=40834 "The Actor Duda in The Role of A Lifetime: Prince Consort of Romania]," [[Cotidianul]], 3 January 2008</ref> On the same occasion, Michael also requested that, should the Romanian Parliament consider restoring the monarchy, the [[Salic law]] of succession not be reinstated, allowing female succession. According to the new statute of the Romanian Royal House as declared by Michael, no illegitimate descendants or collateral lines may claim dynastic privileges, titles or rank and any such are excluded from the Royal House of Romania and from the line of succession to the throne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-2142475-principesa-margareta-mostenitoarea-tronului-romaniei.htm |title=Principesa Margareta, mostenitoarea tronului Romaniei – Esential |website=HotNews.ro |date=23 August 1944 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
===Birth===
Margareta was born on 26 March 1949 at Clinique de Montchoisi in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland,<ref name="familiaregala.ro"/> as the first of King Michael I and Queen Anne's five daughters.<ref name="burke"/><ref name="petit"/> She was baptised in the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]]; her godfather was [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web|author=Clive Aslet |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632645/Romantic.-Beautiful.-I-fell-madly-in-love.html |title='Romantic. Beautiful. I fell madly in love' |work=Telegraph |date=21 May 2007 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> Her godmother was her maternal grandmother [[Princess Margaret of Denmark]] who was also her namesake. She was followed by four sisters: [[Princess Elena of Romania|Princess Elena]] (born 1950), Princess Irina (born 1953), Princess Sophie (born 1957) and [[Princess Maria of Romania (born 1964)|Princess Maria]] (born 1964).

===Childhood===
Margareta spent her childhood at family homes in Lausanne and at [[Ayot St Lawrence|Ayot House, St Lawrence]], in [[Hertfordshire]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dianamandache.com/king-michael-of-romania-his-family/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313140734/http://dianamandache.com/king-michael-of-romania-his-family/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2014|title=King Michael of Romania & his Family - Diana Mandache Historian & Author|date=13 March 2014}}</ref>{{Self-published source|expert=maybe|date=December 2021}} During holidays she and her sisters spent time with their grandparents; paternally with [[Helen of Greece and Denmark|Helen, Queen Mother]],<ref name="burke"/><ref name="petit"/> at ''Villa Sparta'' in Italy and maternally, with Princess Margaret<ref name="burke"/><ref name="petit"/> and her husband [[Prince René of Bourbon-Parma]] in [[Copenhagen]].<ref name="fpmr.ro">{{cite web |url=http://www.fpmr.ro/index.php?page=asr-principesa-margareta |title=FPMR – Fundatia Principesa Margareta a României |website=Fpmr.ro |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=12 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412201039/http://www.fpmr.ro/index.php?page=asr-principesa-margareta |url-status=dead }}</ref> She and her sisters were told "fascinating tales of a homeland they couldn't visit" by their father.<ref name="people.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116762,00.html |title=Romania's Exiled King Longs to Take His Family Home—after 42 Years—and Reclaim His Throne |website=People.com |date=12 February 1990 |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=10 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110131827/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116762,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also spent time with relatives in Greece, Italy, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain.<ref name="m.adevarul.ro">{{cite web|author=Diana Mandache Vezi |url=http://m.adevarul.ro/cultura/istorie/ani-exil--interviu-asr-principesa-mostenitoaremargareta-romaniei-1_52daa4f6c7b855ff56977847/index.html |title=INTERVIU Principesa Margareta a României despre anii de exil |website=M.adevarul.ro |date=18 January 2014 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

Margareta met [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] for the first time in the summer of 1952 at [[Balmoral Castle]], when she was three years old. In her childhood, she spent holidays with [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and his sister, [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]], who were close to Margareta, as well as [[Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943–2021)|Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta]] (her cousin), and the Greek, Danish and Luxembourg royal families.<ref name="adevarul.ro">{{cite web|url=http://adevarul.ro/cultura/istorie/ani-exil--interviu-asr-principesa-mostenitoaremargareta-romaniei-1_52daa4f6c7b855ff56977847/index.html|title=INTERVIU Principesa Margareta a României despre anii de exil|date=18 January 2014 }}</ref>

Queen Helen's<ref name="burke"/><ref name="petit"/> interest in horses influenced Margareta to become an [[Equestrianism|equestrian]].<ref name="m.adevarul.ro"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.princeradu.ro/news/2956/17/Vizita-in-Statul-Qatar/ |title=Familia Regală a României |website=Princeradu.ro |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=9 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409154131/http://www.princeradu.ro/news/2956/17/Vizita-in-Statul-Qatar/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1964, along with five other princesses, Margareta was a bridesmaid at the wedding of [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark]] to King [[Constantine II of Greece]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

==Education==

===Early education===
In 1956, Margareta lived with Queen Helen for six months at her villa in [[Florence]], attending kindergarten until returning to Switzerland, where she attended a primary school, with Princess Sophie, from age six to nine.<ref name="m.adevarul.ro"/>

===Secondary education===
In 1960, she was sent to a boarding school in [[Old Basing]], [[Hampshire]], where she stayed until she was 13; she found it difficult to be away from home but was glad that she became more mature, noting that her English improved later.<ref name="m.adevarul.ro"/>

Her favourite subjects were: art, riding and natural sciences (she learned how to grow plants) and also piano lessons.

In 1964, she began secondary education at a French school in Switzerland, where she studied philosophy.<ref name="fpmr.ro"/>

"I did my baccalaureate in Switzerland, got my driving licence the next day and I left very fast. I really didn't enjoy the baccalaureate, I didn't enjoy school, I didn't enjoy Switzerland" Margareta said in an interview in 2007.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/>

After her Swiss-French [[Baccalauréat|baccalaureate]], rather than heading straight for Paris and studying at the [[Beaux-Arts de Paris|École des Beaux-Arts]], her preferred destination, she was persuaded to return to Florence to spend a year with her Romanian grandmother, whom she described as "my spiritual guide, my mentor, guiding star. She taught me a lot about life, opened my eyes to all that is beautiful and good in the world". Her dreams of art school were soon replaced by a determination to go to university.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/>

===Further education===
Margareta studied sociology, political science and public international law at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in Scotland, graduating in 1974. Known there as "Margareta de Roumanie", for the first few weeks she felt a depressing "sense of foreignness" but later became active in campus politics, becoming a member of the [[students' representative council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fpmr.ro/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=455&cntnt01returnid=89 |title=FPMR – Fundatia Principesa Margareta a României |website=Fpmr.ro |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

During an interview from 2011, she confessed that her first desire was studying philosophy: "I really enjoyed philosophy, but I realized I had to be a bit more practical. Then, in the 1970s, sociology was fashionable, so I chose it alongside the international law I wanted for the United Nations, and the political sciences because they could relate to international relations and give the opportunity to know systems. This combination of studies was very interesting. Maybe now, if I had to resume, I would do something more practical."<ref name="adevarul.ro"/>

While at the university during her twenties, Margareta was involved in a five-year romantic relationship with [[Gordon Brown]], who would serve as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from 2007 to 2010; in 2007, she was interviewed by an editor of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'': "It was a very solid and romantic story; I never stopped loving him, but one day it didn't seem right any more, it was politics, politics, politics, and I needed nurturing," she said.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite news|author=Andrew Roth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/06/budget2001.budget |title=Gordon Brown profiled &#124; Politics |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
After her graduation in 1974, she worked in a number of British universities for a few years, specialising in [[medical sociology]] and [[Health policy|public health policy]]. Later she participated in an international research program coordinated by the [[World Health Organization]] that focused on developing health policy recommendations and preventive pilot projects.<ref name="m.adevarul.ro"/>

In 1979, she then worked for the agencies of the [[United Nations]]: The [[World Health Organization]] and The [[United Nations Population Fund]], where she joined Social projects in public health, based in Africa and Latin America where she came into contact with suffering and deficiencies of the disadvantaged which was the kick start of her experience of the beginning of a road in humanitarian service, which she has still followed since then.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/stiri/articol/astazi-26-martie-este-aniversarea-principesei-margareta |title=Astazi, 26 martie, este aniversarea Principesei Margareta |website=Familiaregala.ro |date=26 March 2009 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

In 1983, she moved to Rome and joined the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the United Nations where, as a member of the [[World Food Day]] project team, she worked for three years on the public awareness campaign concerning agricultural programs, nutrition, and poverty alleviation. She belonged to the [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]] team until 1986.<ref name="m.adevarul.ro"/>

In 1986, she joined the [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]] where she handled relations with nongovernmental organizations and assisted in raising funds for IFAD programs.<ref name="Bio"/>

In the summer of 1989 Margareta resigned from her job as civil unrest started in Romania. Concluding that fundamental change was about to occur in Eastern Europe, she moved to [[Geneva]] to work with the [[Romanian Crown Council]] and the [[Romanian royal family|royal family]], whose members began preparing themselves for what was to come.<ref name="m.adevarul.ro"/>

==Romania==

===Romanian revolution===
In mid 1989, civil and governmental unrest started arising in the [[Eastern Bloc]] as the loosening of control of Eastern Europe by the [[Soviet Union]] had triggered most of the impact for the former states which started a [[Revolutionary wave]] leading to the [[Revolutions of 1989]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~mbeissin/beissinger.ceh.article.pdf |title=Nationalism and the Collapse of Soviet Communism |author=Mark R. Beissinger |website=Princeton.edu\access-date=2016-12-29 |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615203213/http://www.princeton.edu/~mbeissin/beissinger.ceh.article.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1969_detente/fall_of_communism.html |title=Youth and Education |website=Future.state.gov |access-date=29 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706093109/http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1969_detente/fall_of_communism.html |archive-date=6 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In early December 1989, there was civil unrest by the anti-government protesters and on 16 December the 12-day [[Romanian Revolution]] started; on the commands of President [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]], troops fired on the protesters, however on the 22nd the army switched from supporting him to backing the protesting population.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} On 25 December, Ceaușescu and his wife Deputy Prime Minister [[Elena Ceaușescu]] were deposed, captured and executed by orders from a [[Drumhead court-martial|Drumhead military tribunal]]; 42 years of the [[Socialist Republic of Romania]] had ended. The revolution was the first overthrow of the ruling governmental system since [[1944 Romanian coup d'état|King Michael's coup]] which he successfully staged in 1944 by arresting members of the [[Third Antonescu cabinet|military government]] which supported [[Nazi Germany]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

During the Revolution, all members of the Royal Family took a part to console the situation outside of Romania.<ref name="people.com"/>

===Arrival in Romania===
While she was visiting one orphanage, a child in a filthy cot died in front of her. It spurred her to establish the ''Princess Margareta of Romania Foundation'' in 1990.<ref>Princess Margaret of Romania Trust website {{cite web |url=http://www.pmrt.co.uk/ |title=www.pmrt.co.uk |access-date=2012-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516190323/http://pmrt.co.uk/ |archive-date=16 May 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The foundation has raised more than five million euros, through which it contributes to the development of Romanian [[civil society]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.fpmr.ro/upload/Raport%20anual%202006.pdf 2006 Annual Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181523/http://www.fpmr.ro/upload/Raport%20anual%202006.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }},  [http://www.fpmr.ro/ The Princess Margarita of Romania Foundation website]</ref>

A 25th anniversary celebration of Margareta's return to Romania was held at the [[Romanian Athenaeum]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/sarbatoarea-regala-de-la-ateneul-roman-in-imagini/ |title=Sărbătoarea regală de la Ateneul Român, în imagini &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=20 January 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> followed by a dinner at the [[CEC Palace]] with Romania's Prime Minister [[Victor Ponta]] and Senate President [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/dineul-oficial-de-la-palatul-cec-18-ianuarie-2015/ |title=Dineul oficial de la Palatul CEC, 18 ianuarie 2015 &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=21 January 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> around 200 other prominent guests participated in the festivities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.romaniajournal.ro/festive-day-for-princess-margareta-celebrating-25-years-since-her-return-to-romania/ |title=Festive day for Princess Margareta celebrating 25 years since her return to Romania – The Romania Journal |website=Romaniajournal.ro |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230001054/http://www.romaniajournal.ro/festive-day-for-princess-margareta-celebrating-25-years-since-her-return-to-romania/ |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Margareta also hosted a March 2015 gala at the dynasty's historical [[family seat]], [[Peleș Castle]], in honour of the [[Rugby union in Romania|Romanian Rugby Union]], attended by [[Klaus Johannis]], the first incumbent Romanian president to pay an official visit to the former royal family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/principesa-margareta-isi-sarbatoreste-ziua-de-nastere-marti-si-miercuri-la-castelul-peles-14040518 |title=Principesa Margareta îşi sărbătoreşte ziua de naştere, marţi şi miercuri, la Castelul Peleş – Mediafax |website=Mediafax.ro |date=23 March 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/social/principesa-margareta-isi-sarbatoreste-ziua-la-castelul-peles-klaus-iohannis-si-prima-doamna-printre-invitati.html |title=Principesa Margareta si-a sarbatorit ziua de nastere la Castelul Peles. Klaus Iohannis si Prima Doamna, printre invitati |website=Stirileprotv.ro |date=26 March 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcnews.ro/klaus-iohannis-si-sotia-sa-la-pele-meniu-regal-la-aniversarea-principesei-margareta-foto_471319.html |title=Klaus Iohannis şi soţia sa, la Peleș. Meniu regal la aniversarea Principesei Margareta-FOTO &#124; DC News &#124; De ce se intampla |website=Dcnews.ro |date=26 March 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

===Romanian Red Cross===
On 15 May 2015, the General Assembly of the [[Romanian Red Cross]] elected Margareta as President of the Romanian Red Cross.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/crown-princess-margareta-the-new-president-of-the-romanian-red-cross/ |title=Crown Princess Margareta, the new President of the Romanian Red Cross &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> The Red Cross was instituted as a Romanian branch of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|International Red Cross]] in 1876, under the reign of her great-great-granduncle King [[Carol I of Romania]].
In her acceptance statement, she expressed her gratitude to the Romanian Red Cross representatives, who re-established a long and valuable tradition of partnership between the oldest organization in the country and the Romanian Crown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafax.ro/social/principesa-margareta-este-noul-presedinte-al-crucii-rosii-romane-14272921 |title=Principesa Margareta este noul preşedinte al Crucii Roşii Române – Mediafax |website=Mediafax.ro |date=11 December 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/principesa-mostenitoare-margareta-noul-presedinte-al-crucii-rosii-romane/ |title=Principesa Moștenitoare, noul președinte al Crucii Roșii Române &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cotidianul.ro/principesa-margareta-presedinte-al-societatii-nationale-de-cruce-rosie-261603/ |title=Principesa Margareta, președinte al Societății Naționale de Cruce Roșie |website=Cotidianul.ro |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

==Custodian of the Crown of Romania==
===Succession===

Although at Margareta's birth she was not expected to inherit the defunct Romanian throne and the headship of the [[Romanian royal family]], the birth of four younger sisters and no brother meant that without a change in the royal family's succession laws, male members of the [[House of Hohenzollern]] would succeed her father as [[pretender]]s to the Romanian throne, in accordance with the [[Salic law]] enshrined in both the defunct royal Romanian Constitution of 1923 and the defunct Statute of the Romanian royal house, dated 1884.

In 1997 King Michael designated Margareta as successor to "all prerogatives and rights" of his, indicating his desire for a gender-blind succession to the throne;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/familia-regala/linie-succesiune |title=Linia de succesiune |website=Familiaregala.ro |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> although there was much consideration of altering the line of succession, no actions were taken until 30 December 2007, when [[Michael I of Romania|King Michael I]] issued the statutes for the [[House of Romania|Royal House]], called ''The Fundamental Rules of the Royal House of Romania''.<ref>[https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2021/10/25/regele-mihai-i-100-de-ani-revenirea-in-tara-dupa-anii-de-exil--801246 Regele Mihai I, 100 de ani : Revenirea în ţară după anii de exil] (25 October 2021) [[Agerpres]]</ref>

Following the announcement of ''The Fundamental Rules'', King Michael asked the Romanian Government that, should it consider restoring the monarchy, it should also abolish the Salic law of succession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/presa/articol/romanian-dynasty-the-new-fundamental-rules-of-the-romanian-dynasty |title=Romanian Dynasty – The New Fundamental Rules of the Romanian Dynasty |website=Familiaregala.ro |date=18 December 2007 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

Margareta does not use the title of queen; instead she claims the title "Custodian of the Romanian Crown", with the style "[[Majesty|Her Majesty]]", a title that Michael I offered her.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/social/principesa-margareta-a-ales-sa-nu-fie-regina-ce-titlu-va-avea-843800|title=Principesa Margareta a ales să nu fie regină. Ce titlu va avea|website=www.digi24.ro|date=11 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/principesa-margareta-ales-sa-nu-poarte-titlul-de-regina-2073324|title=Principesa Margareta a ales să nu poarte titlul de regină|date=12 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcnews.ro/principesa-margareta-regina-hotarare-asupra-titulaturii_570259.html|title=Principesa Margareta, Regină. HOTĂRÂRE asupra titulaturii|last=dcnews|date=11 December 2017 }}</ref>

[[Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern]] (son of King Michael's illegitimate half-brother, [[Carol Lambrino]]) denounced King Michael's actions of creating ''The Fundamental Rules'' and severing ties with the House of Hohenzollern. Paul also claims to be head of the Romanian royal family, unlike his father.<ref>{{cite web |last=Insider |first=Romania |url=http://www.romania-insider.com/prince-paul-of-romania-to-his-uncle-king-michael-you-did-nothing-for-our-people-during-50-years-of-communism/38635/ |title=Prince Paul of Romania to his uncle King Michael: You did nothing for our people during 50 years of communism |work=Romania Insider |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092205/http://www.romania-insider.com/prince-paul-of-romania-to-his-uncle-king-michael-you-did-nothing-for-our-people-during-50-years-of-communism/38635/ |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In Romanian law dynastic rights, titles of nobility and the institution of the Royal House do not exist.<ref name="Team 2015 e140">{{cite web | title=Cristi Danileț, judecător CSM, reacție în urma celor văzute astăzi la TV | website=DCNews | date=10 August 2015 | url=https://www.dcnews.ro/cristi-danile-judecator-csm-reac-ie-in-urma-celor-vazute-astazi-la-tv_482051.html | language=ro | access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>

===Foreign relations===
Although Margareta has no official role within the politics of Romania to maintain ties with other countries, she has fostered diplomatic relationships with numerous foreign dignitaries in her capacity as a head of the [[House of Romania]]. During these visits she is often accompanied by her husband [[Prince Radu of Romania|Prince Radu]], who is a special Romanian government representative for Integration, Co-operation and Sustainable Development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.romaniaunog.org/archives/mission_statement_print_radu.htm |title=HSH Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen |website=Romaniaunog.org |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003133/http://www.romaniaunog.org/archives/mission_statement_print_radu.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Marriage==
In 1994, Margareta met [[Radu Duda]], a Romanian citizen and part-time actor, through the work of the Princess Margareta Foundation. He was working as an [[art therapy|art therapist]] in orphanages when he was introduced to her during her tour of the foundation's programs. On 24 July 1996, she married Duda in a civil wedding at [[Versoix]].<ref name=marriage>{{Cite web |url=https://familiaregala.ro/stiri/articol/24-de-ani-de-la-casatoria-civila |title=Civil marriage |access-date=24 July 2020 |archive-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425221740/https://familiaregala.ro/stiri/articol/24-de-ani-de-la-casatoria-civila |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Radu Duda was accorded the style "Radu, Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" on 1 January 1999,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://princeradu.ro/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928132759/http://www.princeradu.ro/index.php?id2=020416&lng=| url-status=dead|title=Prince Radu - Stiri de ultima ora!|archive-date=28 September 2011|website=Prince Radu}}</ref> and was subsequently styled "''[[HRH]]'' Radu, Prince of Romania",<ref name="Rules"/> being referred to by King Michael on 30 December 2007, as future "Prince Consort of Romania".<ref name="Rules"/> In Margareta's company and, more often alone, he has represented the former royal family publicly on various occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dilemaveche.ro/index.php?nr=120&cmd=articol&id=632|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313224326/http://dilemaveche.ro/index.php?nr=120&cmd=articol&id=632|url-status=dead|title="10 May – Sad Destiny, Memorable Date", Dilema Veche, 12 May 2006|archive-date=13 March 2016}}</ref> They live in the [[Elisabeta Palace]] in [[Bucharest]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fpmr.ro/index.php?page=hrh-the-princess-margarita |title=FPMR – Fundatia Principesa Margareta a României |website=Fpmr.ro |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=10 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010224526/http://www.fpmr.ro/index.php?page=hrh-the-princess-margarita |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Controversies==
[[BAE Systems]], one of the donors to the Princess Margareta of Romania Foundation, and its representatives have been involved in a corruption scandal involving purchase by the Romanian government of two decommissioned UK [[Royal Navy]] [[List of Romanian sail frigates|frigates]] ({{HMS|Coventry|F98|2}} and {{HMS|London|F95|2}}) refurbished by BAE, for which an alleged £7 million bribe was paid,<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/armstrade/story/0,,1797639,00.html "Bribery inquiry may force £7m refund to Romania"], ''[[The Guardian]]'',  15 June 2006</ref> some of which, it has also been alleged,<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://stiri3.rol.ro/stiri/2006/06/zeama_de_dude.htm ''Zeamă de dude''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115031207/http://stiri3.rol.ro/stiri/2006/06/zeama_de_dude.htm |date=15 January 2008 }}, "[[Mulberry]] Juice", [[Gândul]],  21 June 2006</ref> ended up in the pockets of the Hohenzollern royal family to which Margareta belongs. The "Gardianul" newspaper,<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070127104255/http://www.gardianul.ro/2006/06/16/dezvaluiri-c11/bae_sponsor_regal-s80481.html ''BAE – sponsor regal''], "BAE: Royal Sponsor", ''[[Gardianul]]'',  16 June 2006</ref><ref name="Coleg">{{in lang|ro}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124732/http://www.gardianul.ro/2006/06/17/dezvaluiri-c11/principele_duda_coleg_la_colegiul_de_aparare_cu_semnatarul_contractului_cu_bae-s80510.html  ''Principele Duda, coleg la Colegiul de Apărare cu semnatarul contractului cu BAE''], "Prince Duda, Classmate at The National Defence University with The Signer of The BAE Contract", ''Gardianul'', 17 June 2006</ref> noting that both Margareta and her husband, as Special Representative of the Government, had met a number of times with the BAE Systems representatives before and after the signing of the governmental contract, inquired whether the royal family was involved in any lobbying on behalf of the company. In an official communiqué sent to the newspaper,<ref name="Coleg"/> Prince Radu denied any such lobbying activities, stating that as patron of the British-Romanian [[Chamber of Commerce]] of which BAE Systems is a member, he met with its representatives as well as those of other British companies.

==Political support==
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The main [[monarchist|pro-monarchist]] party [[Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania)|PNŢCD]], currently extra-parliamentary, is ambiguous in its support for Margareta. In 2002, it rejected any role for her or her husband in a restored monarchy,<ref name="PNTCD">{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2002-03-01&id=84650 ''PNŢCD gândeşte revenirea la monarhie prin Prinţul Nicolae''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728202256/http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2002-03-01&id=84650 |date=28 July 2017 }}, "PNŢCD Plans The Restoration of Monarchy through Prince Nicholas", ''[[Ziua]]'',  1 March 2002</ref><ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/538501/PNTCD-cauta-un-Rege/ ''PNŢCD caută un Rege''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402072148/http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/538501/PNTCD-cauta-un-Rege/ |date=2 April 2009 }}, "PNŢCD Is Looking for A King", ''[[Evenimentul Zilei]]'',  1 March 2002</ref> while in 2003 the [[Cluj County|Cluj]] branch of PNŢCD officially invited her to be its electoral candidate to the Senate of the Republic in upcoming elections.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.zf.ro/articol_28580/principesa_margareta__invitata_sa_candideze.html ''Principesa Margareta invitată să candideze''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527094355/http://www.zf.ro/articol_28580/principesa_margareta__invitata_sa_candideze.html |date=27 May 2007 }}, "Princess Margarita Invited to Run for Office", ''[[Ziarul Financiar]]'',  24 July 2003</ref><ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/623146/Principesa-la-Senat/ "The Princess in The Senate"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706080844/http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/623146/Principesa-la-Senat |date=6 July 2009 }}, ''[[Evenimentul Zilei]]'',  25 July 2003</ref>

Prior to his death, King Michael had not given up the hope for the restoration of the throne: "We are trying to make people understand what Romanian monarchy was and what it can still do."<ref>[http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?id=209809&data=2006-10-25 "King Mihai I Turns 85"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508230504/http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?id=209809&data=2006-10-25 |date=8 May 2016 }}, ''[[Ziua]]'',  25 October 2006</ref>

In a July 2013 survey about a potential restoration of monarchy in Romania, 19% of respondents gave Margareta as their favorite, while 29.9% supported her father. 48.1% said they did not know or did not answer.<ref>[http://www.ziare.com/alegeri/sondaj/41-la-suta-dintre-romani-ar-vota-pentru-mentinerea-republicii-27-2-la-suta-ar-alege-monarhia-inscop-1248839 41% dintre romani ar vota pentru mentinerea republicii, 27,2% ar alege monarhia – INSCOP]. Retrieved 2 August 2013.</ref> In December 2017, on the backdrop of the increased capital of trust in the Royal House of Romania, re-emerging with the death of King Michael, the executive chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party Nicolae Bădălau said that one could organize a referendum on the transition to the monarchical ruling form, arguing that "it is not a bad thing, considering that the countries that have the monarchs are developed countries", being a project of the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcnews.ro/referendum-pentru-monarhie-propunere-badalau_571205.html|title=REFERENDUM pentru MONARHIE. Propunere Bădălău|last=dcnews|date=18 December 2017 }}</ref> At the same time, the leader of the coalition party and the president of the Senate of Romania, [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]], reinforced this idea, claiming that he is a convinced monarchist and "constitutional monarchy has the advantage of placing the monarch over political games, case: the president, instead of being an arbitrator, prefers to be a player."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/monarhia-salveaza-psd-presedintele-executiv-psd-vorbeste-posibil-referendum-tema-monarhiei-loc-acesta-1_5a37a9f95ab6550cb8531ab9/index.html|title=Monarhia salvează PSD. Tăriceanu şi Bădălău susţin un referendum pe tema monarhiei. Când ar avea loc acesta|date=18 December 2017}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
===Honours===
====Dynastic====
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[House of Romania]]: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of Carol I|Royal Order of Carol I]]<ref name="familiaregala1">{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/ro/familia-regala-astazi/ordine-si-medalii/ |title=Ordine și decorații |website=Familiaregala.ro |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[House of Romania]]: Sovereign Royal Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Romania)|Royal Order of the Crown]]<ref name="familiaregala1"/>
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[House of Romania]]: Sovereign Knight of the [[Decorations of the Romanian Royal House#Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown|Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown, Special Class]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Portugal}} [[House of Braganza|Portuguese Royal Family]]: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saint Isabel]]<ref>[[Almanach de Gotha]] (2013) Volume 1, 250th Edition P336, 1517</ref>

====Ecclesiastical====
* Order of Our Lady of Prayer ([[Romanian Orthodox Church]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/81551/|title=Custodele Coroanei a primit Ordinul Maica Domnului Rugătoarea &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania}}</ref>

====Foreign====
* {{flag|Czech Republic}}: Recipient of the [[Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic|Medal of Merit of the Ministry of Defence, 2nd Class]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/news/4147/53/Medalia-de-argint-a-Ministerul-Afacerilor-Externe-al-Republicii-Cehe-inmanata-Principesei-Margareta-i-Principelui-Radu/ |title=Medalia de argint a Ministerul Afacerilor Externe al Republicii Cehe înmânată Principesei Margareta și Principelui Radu |website=Familiaregala.ro |date=30 October 2014 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
* {{flag|France}}: Knight of the [[Legion of Honour|Order of the Legion of Honour]]
* {{flag|SMOM}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order pro Merito Melitensi|Order of Merit]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/news/3397/121/Vizita-la-Roma/|title=Familia Regala - Comunicate si mesaje|date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105170225/http://www.familiaregala.ro/news/3397/121/Vizita-la-Roma/ |archive-date=5 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/vizita-la-ordinul-suveran-de-malta-29-octombrie-2012/ |title=Vizită la Ordinul Suveran de Malta, 29 octombrie 2012 &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=30 October 2012 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/vizita-la-ordinul-suveran-de-malta-8-noiembrie-2022/|title=Vizită la Ordinul Suveran de Malta, 8 noiembrie 2022 &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Moldova}}: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Moldova|Medal of Democracy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2018/11/27/18010611|title=Moldovan parliament speaker awards Medal of Democracy to Royal Family of Romania|website=www.moldpres.md}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/stiri/articol/majestatea-sa-a-primit-pe-presedintele-parlamentului-republicii-moldova|title=Familia Regala}}</ref>

===Honorary titles and medals===
====In Romania====
* [[Honorary citizenship|Honorary Citizen]] of the [[Cluj County]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cjcluj.ro/principesa-margareta-si-principlele-radu-cetateni-de-onoare-ai-clujului/ |title=Principesa Margareta si Principlele Radu – Cetateni de Onoare ai Clujului |website=Cjcluj.ro |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/principesa-mostenitoare-margareta-si-principele-radu-cetateni-de-onoare-ai-judetului-cluj/ |title=Vizită regală la Cluj, 22 și 23 martie 2015 &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=22 March 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Honorary citizenship|Honorary Citizen]] of [[Iași]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/in-mijlocul-iesenilor-cetateni-de-onoare/|title = În mijlocul ieșenilor, cetățeni de onoare &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania}}</ref>
* Recipient of the Gold Olympic Order of the [[Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosr.ro/stiri/2015-03-18/colanul-olimpic-a-fost-acordat-principesei-margareta-a-romaniei |title=Colanul Olimpic a fost acordat Principesei Margareta a Romaniei – Comitetul Olimpic si Sportiv Roman |website=Cosr.ro |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/imagini-de-la-castelul-peles-24-si-25-martie-2015/attachment/_dsc7533/ |title=Ceremonia de conferire a Colanului Olimpic Alteței Sale Regale Principesa Moștenitoare, Sala Tronului, Castelul Peleș, 25 martie 2015 &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania |website=Romaniaregala.ro |date=30 March 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

====Outside Romania====
* Recipient of the [[Académie Française]]’s medal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/stiri/articol/majestatea-sa-a-primit-medalia-academiei-franceze|title=Familia Regala}}</ref>
* [[Honorary citizenship|Honorary Citizen]] of The [[Jerash Governorate]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/stiri/articol/vizita-in-regatul-hasemit-al-iordaniei-15-18-aprilie-2010 |title=Vizita in Regatul Hasemit al Iordaniei, 15–18 aprilie 2010 |website=Familiaregala.ro |date=15 April 2010 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
* Honorary Citizen of Scotland<ref name="fpmr.ro"/>
* Recipient of the Jordan [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Crescent]]’s Golden Medal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/vizita-regala-in-iordania-octombrie-2017/|title=Vizita regală în Iordania, sosirea la Amman și prima zi a vizitei - Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania|website=www.romaniaregala.ro}}</ref>
* Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe: The North Cross<ref>{{cite web|url=http://basilica.ro/principesa-margareta-a-primit-distinctia-crucea-nordului-la-stockholm/|title=Principesa Margareta a primit distincția Crucea Nordului, la Stockholm - Basilica.ro|date=3 May 2016}}</ref>
* Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Moldova|Dimitrie Cantemir Medal]] from the [[Academy of Sciences of Moldova]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timpul.md/articol/principesa-margareta-a-romaniei-decorata-cu-medalia-dimitrie-cantemir-49530.html |title=Principesa Margareta a României, decorată cu medalia Dimitrie Cantemir &#124; Ultima oră |website=Timpul.md |date=8 October 2013 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=8 October 2013 :08 |url=http://m.adevarul.ro/moldova/actualitate/principesa-margareta-romaniei-primit-medalia-dimitrie-cantemir-partea-academiei-Stiinte-1_5253dc30c7b855ff56129741/index.html |title=FOTO Principesa Margareta a României a primit medalia "Dimitrie Cantemir" din partea Academiei de Ştiinţe |website=M.adevarul.ro |date=8 October 2013 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
* Recipient of the [[Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals|50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden]]
* Recipient of the [[Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals|70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf]]

;Honorific eponym
* [[List of secondary schools in Romania|''Principesa Mostenitoare Margareta'' Scoala Gimnaziala]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoala114.ro |title=Școala Gimanzială "Principesa Margareta" |website=Scoala114.ro |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825055014/http://www.scoala114.ro/ |archive-date=25 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/romania/diversity/wlc/speakers.aspx |title=Microsoft Women's Leadership Conference |website=Microsoft.com |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

;Honorary academic degrees
* [[Honorary degree]] of the [[University of Pitești]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ziare.com/regele-mihai/casa-regala/principesa-margareta-doctor-honoris-causa-la-pitesti-1199656 |title=Principesa Margareta, Doctor Honoris Causa la Pitesti |language=ro|website=Ziare.com |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
* Honorary degree of the [[Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agerpres.ro/social/2015/05/29/principesa-margareta-a-primit-titlul-de-doctor-honoris-causa-al-universitatii-de-stiinte-agricole-a-banatului-18-12-36 |title=Principesa Margareta a primit titlul de Doctor Honoris Causa al Universității de Științe Agricole a Banatului – AGERPRES |website=Agerpres.ro |date=29 May 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230002157/http://www.agerpres.ro/social/2015/05/29/principesa-margareta-a-primit-titlul-de-doctor-honoris-causa-al-universitatii-de-stiinte-agricole-a-banatului-18-12-36 |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[Honorary degree]] of the [[:fr:École genevoise de diplomatie|Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations]], a for-profit business whose lack of university accreditation has put it under the spotlight of the news media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lanci |first=Camille |date=2022-11-16 |title=Geneva private universities come under the spotlight |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/geneva-private-universities-come-under-the-spotlight/47786510 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=#95 The G{{!}}O Briefing, April 28, 2022 |url=https://www.thegenevaobserver.com/briefings/78-the-g-o-briefing-april-28-2022/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=THE GENEVA OBSERVER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=A Genève, des universités privées proposent des formations onéreuses non reconnues par les autorités académiques suisses |url=https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/geneve/13238587-a-geneve-des-universites-privees-proposent-des-formations-onereuses-non-reconnues-par-les-autorites-academiques-suisses.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=rts.ch |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=À Genève, des "universités" privées aux pratiques douteuses |url=https://fr.news.yahoo.com/%C3%A0-gen%C3%A8ve-universit%C3%A9s-priv%C3%A9es-pratiques-101507073.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Yahoo News |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=À Genève, des "universités" privées aux pratiques douteuses |url=https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/a-geneve-des-universites-privees-aux-pratiques-douteuses |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Courrier international |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |url=http://genevadiplomacy.com/faculty-at-gsd/honorary-degree-recipients/ |publisher=Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228051752/http://genevadiplomacy.com/faculty-at-gsd/honorary-degree-recipients/ |archive-date=28 February 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/doctor-honoris-causa-pentru-familia-regala/|title=Doctor Honoris Causa pentru Familia Regală &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania|first=Dietmar Melzer|last=says}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/doctor-honoris-causa-pentru-majestatea-sa/|title=Doctor Honoris Causa pentru Custodele Coroanei și Principele Radu &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania|first=Liliana Sora|last=says}}</ref>
*[[Honorary degree]] of the [[Babeș-Bolyai University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/vizita-regala-la-cluj-napoca-12-octombrie-2022/|title=Vizită regală la Cluj-Napoca, 12 octombrie 2022 &#124; Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania}}</ref>

==Publications==
* '' The Romanian Crown at 140 years. Coroana română- la 140 de ani'', 2008 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curteaveche.ro/colectii/carti-regale/coroana-romana-la-140-de-ani.html|title=Coroana română – la 140 de ani|work=curteaveche.ro|access-date=4 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212010/http://www.curteaveche.ro/colectii/carti-regale/coroana-romana-la-140-de-ani.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''The Diamond wedding. Nunta de diamant'', 2008 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/volumul-nunta-de-diamant-la-rao/|title=Volumul "Nunta de diamant", la RAO|work=romaniaregala.ro|access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref>
* ''Royal cookery book. Carte regală de bucate'', 2010 – [http://www.ziare.com/cultura/carte/principesa-margareta-a-romaniei-lanseaza-o-carte-de-bucate-1055788 recenzie]
* ''The king's music. Albumul Muzica Regelui'', 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-10222236-principesa-margareta-principele-radu-lansat-muzica-regelui-dedicat-regelui-mihai.htm|title=Principesa Margareta si principele Radu au lansat cd-ul "Muzica Regelui", dedicat Regelui Mihai|work=HotNewsRo|date=24 September 2011|access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref>
* ''The royal Christmas. Crăciunul Regal'', 2013, 2014 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curteaveche.ro/craciunul-regal-ed-2-margareta-principesa-a-romaniei.html|title=Crăciunul Regal ed. a II-a revizuită și adăugită|work=curteaveche.ro|access-date=4 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212015/http://www.curteaveche.ro/craciunul-regal-ed-2-margareta-principesa-a-romaniei.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Săvârșin. The detail. Săvârșin. Detaliul* '', 2015 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curteaveche.ro/blog/2015/11/18/carti-regale-la-gaudeamus-principesa-margareta-si-principele-radu-lanseaza-sambata-savarsin-detaliul-si-calendar-regal-2016/ |title=Curtea Veche Publishing » Cărți regale la Gaudeamus: Principesa Margareta și Principele Radu lansează sâmbătă "Săvârșin. Detaliul" și "Calendar regal 2016" |website=Curteaveche.ro |date=18 November 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agerpres.ro/cultura/2015/11/21/albumul-savarsin-detaliul-lansat-la-gaudeamus-17-19-24 |title=Albumul "Săvârșin. Detaliul", lansat la Gaudeamus – AGERPRES |website=Agerpres.ro |date=21 November 2015 |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150319/http://www.agerpres.ro/cultura/2015/11/21/albumul-savarsin-detaliul-lansat-la-gaudeamus-17-19-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Encourage with your hand the Romanian Crown. Susţine cu a ta mână Coroana Română'', 2017 - The volume includes texts about the kings and queens of Romania, as well as about the current generation of the Royal Family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familiaregala.ro/carti/articol/sustine-cu-a-ta-mana-coroana-romana|title=Cărți|website=Familia Regala|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102072948/http://familiaregala.ro/carti/articol/sustine-cu-a-ta-mana-coroana-romana|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Ancestry==
{{See also|Royal descendants of Queen Victoria and of King Christian IX}}
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|4= 4. [[Carol II of Romania]]
|5= 5. [[Helen of Greece and Denmark]]
|6= 6. [[Prince René of Bourbon-Parma]]
|7= 7. [[Princess Margaret of Denmark]]
|8= 8. [[Ferdinand I of Romania]]
|9= 9. [[Marie of Romania|Princess Marie of Edinburgh]]
|10= 10. [[Constantine I of Greece]]
|11= 11. [[Sophia of Prussia|Princess Sophia of Prussia]]
|12= 12. [[Robert I, Duke of Parma]]
|13= 13. [[Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal]]
|14= 14. [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark]]
|15= 15. [[Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909)|Princess Marie d'Orléans]]
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==See also==
* [[Monarchism in Romania]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.frmr.ro/ The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation Website]
* [https://casamajestatiisale.ro The Official Website of The Romanian Royal Household]
* [http://www.romaniaregala.ro The Official Blog of The Romanian Royal Family]
* [https://savarsinregal.ro/ Savarsin Castle, Country Home of Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown]
* [https://crucearosie.ro/cine-suntem/mesajul-presedintelui/ Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, President of The Romanian Red Cross]

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