With the death of Carol I, the Romanian people also fell into grief. Three days later, during the state funeral held for the king, more than 200,000 people spontaneously took to the streets to express their gratitude for the monarch who led Romania to independence.
Mourning.
It should be pointed out that because of the current outbreak of war in Europe and the short preparation time for this funeral, there are few foreign monarchs. Only his cousin King Constantine I of Greece came to participate. Other countries sent special envoys or ambassadors.
Instead, the current regent Crown Prince Edel did not express dissatisfaction because Romania itself did not make any big arrangements for this reason.
After sending away an old king, Romania will also welcome a new king. These guests who came from afar to attend the king's funeral changed from their dark clothes, which represented sadness and heavyness, into something more festive. Some of them could also attend the funeral.
Del's coronation.
On October 14, the day after the burial of the old King Carol I, Edel was preparing to be crowned King of Romania at the Romanian Parliament Building.
Why was he crowned in the Romanian Parliament? This cannot but mention Edel’s father, Carol I. Previously, the Romanian Parliament invited Carol, who was still a prince at the time, to be the King of Romania, and he was crowned in the Parliament, so as
The old king's successor, Edel, will also go to the parliament to be crowned. For the crown prince, this is just a procedural matter, and in order to take care of the MPs who don't have much real power now, it's not a big deal to satisfy them.
"Hurry up, the Prime Minister is still waiting for me outside. I need to get to the Parliament before 9:10."
Edel watched the servants adding pendants to their clothes and couldn't help but urge him. Now he was wearing an orthodox royal dress and looked like he had come from the Middle Ages, which made him feel weird.
"Your Majesty will be fine soon. All that's left is this belt pendant."
The servant who was busy with Edel took out a sapphire pendant and told him.
After finally getting the servants to finish their work, Edel walked to the next room and saw the servants taking care of the skirt beside his wife Sophie Marie, so he asked, "How long will it take?"
The servant who had just straightened his skirt replied, "Your Majesty is ready."
Edel immediately pulled his wife and said, "We should go, otherwise the Prime Minister will be waiting in a hurry."
Today Edel got up at 7 a.m. for the coronation ceremony. However, putting on these traditional royal attires was too cumbersome and made him stand in front of the mirror for almost an hour. Now he took his wife with him.
The Prime Minister who was waiting at the door looked at the Edel couple and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, let's go. We don't have much time."
Facing his Prime Minister, Eder still said politely, "I've kept you waiting for a long time."
"Then let's get in the car."
Several people got into the royal motorcade and rushed to the Parliament under the leadership of the Royal Guards.
When they arrived at the parliament, the time was almost up. Edel took his wife into the parliament hall. Here he would receive the crown and scepter representing Romania given by the Speaker of Parliament Jan Snecuk, and be sworn in as king.
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During the coronation ceremony, to the music of the Romanian national anthem "Long Life to the King", the Speaker of the Parliament, Jan Snecuk, stood on the podium that had been prepared and spoke to the surrounding parliamentarians. "The Kingdom of Romania is under the leadership of His Majesty Carol I."
He led us to independence and prosperity, but His Majesty left us to go to heaven, so we need a new king. Now Crown Prince Eder is the king we need. He is smart, hard-working, and very capable. Everyone sitting here will be here again in the past few years.
Everyone should feel that the Crown Prince has worked hard for Romania. So now we unanimously cheer for the new king of Romania."
Led by the Speaker of Parliament Jan Snecuk, all the MPs present chanted the name of the Crown Prince.
"Your Majesty Edel."
"Your Majesty Edel."
"Your Majesty Edel."
Edel also walked up to the podium at their call. He smiled and raised his hands to greet the MPs around him. The MPs all fell silent when Edel walked to Speaker Jan Snecuk.
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Speaker Jan Snecuk took the crown in his hand and said to Eder, "I hand over the crown representing the Romanian people to you. I hope that under your leadership Romania will become stronger and stronger."
Edel took the crown and said, "I will make Romania proud of me. I will also make Romania better than before."
After finishing speaking, he put the crown on his head and then took the scepter. Speaker Jan Snecuk then knelt on one knee, put his hand on his chest, and swore an oath to Eder. "I am willing to follow His Majesty's ideals for Romania."
And struggle, may the light of the Kingdom of Romania shine on this land."
Along with the speaker, all the members present were sworn in. No matter how dissatisfied they usually are with the royal family taking away power, they must now respect the new king. They also hope that the new king can leave some residue of power to them.
Edel knew the thoughts of these congressmen very well. In his previous life, he had seen a lot of negative news about the congress, and the previous government also had its own distinctive congressmen, namely people's representatives, also called hands-raising representatives. With this example,
Edel is actually not interested in democratic politics. He may not consider it until he is old, but these people may not be able to see that scene.
After they took the oath, Edel brought a smaller crown to the head of his wife Sophie Marie. At this time, the ceremony came to an end, and Patriarch Baldokvin I blessed the new king on behalf of God.
At 10:30, Edel appeared on the balcony wearing a rich robe, a crown on his head, and a scepter in his hand with his wife Sophie Marie, waving to the people waiting outside the Parliament Square. The enthusiastic people were ignited by Edel
They all expressed their respect for the new king with great enthusiasm, and the scene was very lively for a while.
During this lively moment, Prime Minister Brescianu whispered to the new king, "Representatives from various countries hope to visit His Majesty privately. I don't know how to answer?"
Edel did not reply to the Prime Minister. He waited until he returned to the house before replying. "I just said that I have too much work now. I have no other thoughts except to express my congratulations."
Edel knew that this was another ploy to win Romania closer to him. He really has not thought about joining this war now. Isn't it good for Romania to be like this now? It would be good to earn some war money from both sides to supplement Romania's strength.
You know. In the past three years, millions of people died on both sides without any results. Given the size of Romania, if half a million people died, the situation would probably be destabilized. He is not that stupid.
After Eder's speech, Prime Minister Bretianu knew what to do. In this situation, he also believed that it was too early to join the battlefield and that it would be better to develop it first.
