Biography

Born the 7th of June 1960 in Iasi, Romania, as Radu Duda, son of professor René Duda and Dr. Gabriela Constandache
Married to HRH Crown Princess Margarita of Romania (1996)
Created Prince of Romania and HRH (2005)

Graduate from the University of Drama and Film in Bucharest, 1984
Graduate from the National College of Defence in Romania, class of 2002
Courses at George C. Marshall College in Garmisch, Germany (Senior Executives) September 2003 and John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, August 2004 (Senior Executives in National and International Security)

Romanian Army Colonel (r) and PhD in Military Science (2006)

Special Representative of the Romanian Government, 2002-2008
Advisor to His Majesty King Michael I of Romania

Over 25 years of artistic career in Romania and in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. He was the Artistic Director of the first project in Romania of art therapy for abandoned children in orphanages.  The project, founded in 1993, was developed in eight cities over six years.

Prince Radu played a major role in the official visits undertaken by His Majesty King Michael I in 1997 and 2002 for the integration of Romania in NATO.  The King visited the United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg and The Netherlands, meeting with heads of state and government.

In 1997-2001, Prince Radu has regularly accompanied The King on his visits and created the concept of the King’s “Millennium Tour” in his country for the year 2000. After the return of the Royal Family to Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest in 2001, Crown Princess Margarita and Prince Radu represent the Royal Family of Romania on various occasions in the country and abroad.

The Prince is the author of “Beyond the Mask” - Bucharest 1997, “L’Âme du masque” - Brussels 1998, “Anne of Romania – A War, an Exile, a Life” – Bucharest 2000 and 2005 (in Romanian) and 2002 and 2006 (in English), “Michael of Romania – A Tribute”, San Francisco and Bucharest 2001 and 2008, “Kildine” (translation into Romanian of the Fairy-tales book of Queen Marie of Romania), Bucharest 2003, "Seven", Nemira Bucharest 2003, The Royal Family of Romania, Humanitas 2004 and 2008, The Europe Within Us, Polirom 2005, Persona, Nemira 2006, The Elisabeta Palace, Humanitas 2006, The Library On Fire, Polirom 2007, Helen, Portrait of a Queen, RAO 2007, The Diamont Wedding, RAO 2008, The Crown of Romania, Curtea Veche 2009, Otherwise, Polirom 2009, A Provisional Time, Polirom 2010 and Litera 2011 (English version), The King’s World, Polirom 2011, The King’s Music, Curtea Veche 2011, The King’s Year, Curtea Veche 2011.

He lectures and makes speeches in Romania, as well as in Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Morroco, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Prince Radu appears regularly on TV and publishes articles in the written press in Romania, as well as in Europe and the United States.

Prince Radu is Patron of the:
Romanian Federation of Traditional Karate
International Festival EUROPAfest (Jeunesses Musicales)
Leaders Romania Summer Schools
Queen Marie Tales, annual national competition in schools
Institute for Euro-Regions Cultural Co-operation
Camerata Regala (Chamber Orchestra of the University of Music in Bucharest)
Dimitrie Cantemir Annual Symposium
Bucharest International Film Festival
“ Sunday Marathon” Annual Awards of the National Radio Broadcast
Youth Initiative for the Modernisation of Romania Association
Observatoire Européen du Plurilinguisme, Paris, France
Educational Partnership in High Schools for History and Culture, Focsani, Romania
Romanian Federation of Fencing
Romanian Federation of Archery



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