King tells of his love for Transylvania during Romania visit

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King Charles III has been visiting Romania regularly for many years. In a speech given during his latest visit he explained why he loves the country.

One of the King’s favourite spots is apparently the village of Viscri in Transylvania.

The King's love for Transylvania is appropriate, as he is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- grandson of Vlad the Impaler.

A local guest house manager explained why Charles loves the area.

 

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King Charles Praises Romania for Helping ‘Our Ukrainian Friends’

King Charles III is visiting Romania.

His Majesty met with his Romanian counterpart President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest and gave a speech at the Romanian parliament building, which is the largest building in the world and was built for dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

At the reception ceremony the British Head of State gave a speech outlining his support and love for Romania.

Romania has taken in over 100,000 Ukrainian refugees since the start of the war.

 

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King enjoys hike through Transylvania

During his first overseas visit since his Coronation, the King embarked on a "solo" (apart from his security team) hike in Transylvania.

Charles III, who via his father Prince Philip is descended from Vlad the Impaler, the man who inspired British author Bram Stoker to write his novel "Dracula", went on his walk in a part of the world he loves at the same time his wayward younger son Prince Harry appeared in the High Court in London during his case against The Daily Mirror newspaper...

 

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But. . . but. . . it's trans.

 

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But. . . but. . . it's trans.

When I was a kid I thought Transylvania was fictional, a figment of Bram Stoker's imagination. But circa 1991, when I was at Masefield Primary School and 10 years of age, a young girl mentioned that some relatives of hers had just holidayed in Transylvania. And I was like: "Transylvania isn't real!" I think it was our teacher - she was lovely. She loved tigers and had put photos of tigers on the walls of the classroom - pointed out to me that it's a real place.

One other little fact about Romania that I like is that it's almost exactly the same size as the UK. UK is around 242,000 sq kms and Romania is around 238,000 sq kms.