Prince Paul is the patron of the Gendarmes. Each July graduation ceremonies mark the awards from His Royal Highness to outstanding cadets. This year in the presence of Generals Penciuc and Antonescu, Princess Lia was honored to represent her husband at this important occasion.

The Royal couple were invited on the occasion of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union and of 130 years of Romanian-Belgian diplomatic relations.
There was a Belgian-Romanian military parade and concert, the Royal Belgian army orchestra and the Romanian army orchestra played their countries music to the audience.

Prince and Princess Paul of Romania recently visited the Sf.Nicolae Church in Plopeni at the invitation of Mr. Marius Stoicescu.

They attend the Church service with several hundred of the local parishioners.

On 11th of June Prince Carol Ferdinand reached the 5 month mark. Besides his parents TRH Prince Paul and Princess Lia of Romania, he is growing beautifully and peacefully, already weighing in at 8 kilos. And as befits a real Prince, he is an adorable good soul.

To commemorate this occasion he was visited by over 15 ambassadors, doing his duty like he is expected to as the newest member of the Royal Family. Obviously, he can only giggle and smile. He will be raised to think of Romania as his true home.