The 94-year-old monarch recently suffered a intervention surgery and needs complex treatment to recover, so she will no longer appear in public from now on, and Princess Margaret will take over her prerogatives.
The Royal Council met on Tuesday and Wednesday and decided to make public the king’s illness.
So Andrew Popper, a member of the Royal Council, announced that King Mihai was suffering from “metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and chronic leukemia.”
King Mihai, sick: The political class reacts – what message does Iohannis send
“The Royal Council met in the fifth session on Tuesday, March 1, and Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at the request of His Majesty the King, in Morges, Switzerland. The Royal Council took note of Her Majesty’s state of health, which was recently undergoing surgery.
The diagnoses made by the medical team are: metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and chronic leukemia. His Majesty is undergoing a complex and demanding treatment, which prevents him from appearing in public, and he will spend, from now on, a period of recovery “, said Andrew Popper.
The king’s message for the Romans
The monarch, through the representative of the Royal Council, sent a message to the Romanians, stating that he had “received the news of a serious medical diagnosis” and that he was delegating his daughter, Princess Margaret, to represent him in public life.
“In recent weeks I have received the news of a serious medical diagnosis. This situation comes in the year in which the family and the country celebrate 150 years since the formation of the dynasty and the modern Romanian state. and the strength to represent me and to carry out all my public actions. I asked the Royal Council to continue its mission and to present its advice to the custodian of the Crown “, is the message of King Mihai.
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