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”Forced into exile for half a century, King Michael remained unwaveringly loyal to the Romanians and conducted himself as such. Reading the messages he addressed to them over the airwaves and listening to the conversations he had with the editors of Radio Broadcasting in 2008 and 2009, you cannot help but be impressed by the extent to which His Majesty feels and comports himself as a Romanian. At the same time, in words as simple as they are spontaneous, demonstrating how close he is to the Romanian language, the King gives us lessons in history. He does so directly, sincerely, narrating crucial moments in his life, but which, given the position he held, are pages of our past, the history of all of us, recounted by the man who was Romania’s head of state for ten years.“ – writes the Academician Dan Berindei in the foreword to this volume.

The photographs reproduced in this book are from the following sources: The Archive of the Romanian Royal House; The Radio Romania Archive; The Collections of the National Library of Romania; The Collections of the National Museum of the History of Romania; The AGERPRESS Agency.

We invite you to listen to the message broadcast on 18 December 1989, recording made at the residence of H.M. King Michael I in Versoix (Switzerland) and broadcast on Radio Free Europe (Radio Romania Archive, Oral History collection).

Cover: King Michael I next to the portrait of the Queen Mother Elena by Philip de László at his residence in Aubonne on the occasion of the recording of the “Famous Signatures” broadcast realised by Denise Theodoru on 17 February 2008 (detail).

Translated by Alistair Ian Blyth
Foreword by Academician Dan Berindei
Vice-president of the Romanian Academy
[versiune în limba engleză a albumului În slujba voastră în toate timpurile. Mesaje şi convorbiri radiofonice ale M.S. Regele Mihai I al României (1989-2010), ediţia a II-a revăzută şi adăugită]

CONTENTS CD 1
The messages of H.M. King Michael I to the nation broadcast by Radio Romania between 1989 and 2011
1. Message broadcast on 18 December 1989 / 1’00’’
2. Message broadcast on Christmas Eve 1989 / 2’31’’
3. Message broadcast on 1993 / 8’08’’
4. Message broadcast on the tenth anniversary of the Revolution of December 1989 / 2’43’’
5. Message broadcast on 24 January 2000 to mark the anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities / 8’57’’
6. The speech before a joint assembly of the Chambers of the Parliament of Romania, 2011 / 10’52’’
Radio interviews with H.M. King Michael I of Romania
7. Interview at the Elisabeta Palace on 7 April 2008 / 37’33’’

Recordings from the Radio Romania Archive, broadcast on Radio Free Europe (tracks 1, 2), Radio Romania (tracks 3-6); interview conducted by Mariana Conovici (track 7).

CONTENTS CD 2
Radio interviews with H.M. King Michael of Romania
1. Interview at the Elisabeta Palace on 11 April 2008 / 19’51’’
2. Interview at the royal residence in Aubonne (Switzerland) on 17 November 2008 / 25’17’’
3. Interview at the royal residence in Aubonne (Switzerland) on 15 November 2009 / 30’05’’

Radio Romania recordings; interviews conducted by Mariana Conovici (track 1), Denise Theodoru (tracks 2, 3).