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KING MICHAEL EXILED FROM LIFE

 

22/50

 

 

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5th December 2017

 

The former King of Romania, Michael, has died to give The Crowdsourced Deathlist another success. Michael was one of the few remaining WW2 leaders living. He had become King of Romania at the age of six on the death of his grandfather, after his father had been disinherited due to shagging about with his mistress. He was deposed twice, first by his own father, and then by pro-Soviet forces. Nethertheless, he helped to lead a coup against the pro-Nazi Romanian government in 1944, and claims the Soviets threatened to shoot 1000 students if he didn’t abdicate for the second and final time. After the fall of Communism, there was a period of antagonism between Michael and the Romanian governments, before his citizenship was restored in 1997. King Michael proved that rare thing, a monarch who wanted power but was unwilling to grab power, until the Romanian people wanted a monarchy back. Despite the former King being far more popular than the idea of a monarch, this might explain why he died still being the former King of Romania. Despite a love hate relationship with government, and a public who disliked the idea of monarchy, Michael remained one of the most respected figures in Romania into his 90s, and was frequently called on for diplomatic matters such as pleading Romania’s case to join NATO. He had stepped down from public duties after a diagnosis of leukemia, and lost his wife in August 2016, so it was no surprise to see our voters resoundingly placing him in 3rd place for the year.

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Three thoughts

 

1. I finally got an update up before someone reminded me to put up an update.

2. 22/50 in a year - bloody good going everyone, but you know, I think you can beat it in 2018...

3. Oh FFS, all the subs need to come into play now - King Michael was in 2nd place on the 2018 list as it stands!

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