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Article: INTERVIEW: SIMEON SAXE-COBURG GOTHA
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- United Press International
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- April 25, 2002
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Interview: Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha
WASHINGTON, Apr 25, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -
- It is not simply journalistic curiosity. It is impossible to interview
Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha, prime minister of Bulgaria, without remembering
that he was crowned, and to legitimists remains, H.M. Simeon II, czar
of all the Bulgars -- and wondering whether one day he will again
resume the latter status.
Born in 1937, Simeon ascended the throne in 1943, on the unexplained
death of his father Czar Boris in an air crash. After his coronation
in Sofia, the country underwent a Communist coup on Sept. 9, 1944,
and his uncle and guardian the Regent Prince Kyril was ...