Prince Radu of Romania
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Prince Radu in April 2009
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| Born | Radu Duda 7 June 1960 Iaşi, Romania |
| Spouse | Princess Margareta of Romania (m. 1996) |
| Father | Prof. Dr. René Duda |
| Mother | Dr. Gabriela Duda b. Constandache |
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Styles of Prince Radu of Romania |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Prince Radu of Romania (born Radu Duda; 7 June 1960) is the son-in-law of former King Michael I of Romania. He was born in Iaşi, Romania. In 1996, he married Princess Margareta of Romania, the king's eldest daughter. On 1 January 1999, he was given the name, not title of "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" by Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, the Head of the Sigmaringen branch of the Hohenzollern family. He has also called himself "Radu Hohenzollern Veringen Duda". Since 2007, when he had his legal name changed from "Radu Duda" to "Radu al României Duda", Radu no longer uses the name of Hohenzollern.
The Statute of the Romanian Royal Family, proclaimed by former King Michael I of Romania on 30 December 2007, gave Radu the title of "Prince of Romania", with the style of "Royal Highness", which King Michael had given him earlier on 5 January 2005.
The last Royal Romanian constitution made no provision for the succession of daughters. Titles were within the award of the King of Romania before 1947. Radu's title has been awarded by the former King as Head of the Royal House of Romania. It is not based in present or past Romanian law.
Either in the company of his wife Princess Margareta or most often alone, Prince Radu represents the Royal Family on various occasions.
Radu graduated from the Costache Negruzzi High School in Iași in 1979, and from the University of Drama and Film in Bucharest in 1984, and had over twenty years of artistic activity in Romania as well as in other European countries, America, Asia, and Africa. He was the Artistic Director of the first project of art therapy for abandoned children in Romanian orphanages. The project, started in 1993, was developed in eight cities over six years. In 1994, while working as an art therapist in orphanages, he met Princess Margareta, when she was touring the programs of her Princess Margareta Foundation. On 21 September 1996 they were married in Lausanne, and on 1 January 1999 he was granted the title "Radu, Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen".
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