* The fortune of the Royal Family was valued at 180 million Euros, in 2010
His Royal Highness Prince Carol Mircea of Romania, father to Prince Paul, was acknowledged yesterday by the Romanian courts as first legitimate son and legal heir to his Majesty King Carol the 2nd. As a result, Prince Paul is entitled to 62.5% of the fortune that the Royal Family owns in Romania - estimated at 180 million Euros in 2010 -, as well as the same quota of the fortune owned by the Royal Family in other countries, once Prince Carol Mircea was acknowledged in those countries.
The High Court of Cassation and Justice yesterday issued a definitive and irrevocable ruling in favor of His Royal Highness in the Exequatur case, by which it requested the recognition of the ruling of Lisbon, issued 55 years ago, which acknowledged His Royal Highness Prince Carol Mircea of Romania since back in 1955, as the first legitimate son of his Royal Highness King Carol the 2nd. The ruling of Lisbon has also been acknowledged in France, Great Britain and Switzerland.
So far, Prince Paul has won in Romania, as well as in other European Countries, all the appeals made by his uncle, former King Mihai I of Romania, in this lawsuit. Last year, Prince Paul has won the lawsuit in the Court of Strasbourg, which had been filed 21 years ago.
"Since 1991, when we initiated these proceedings, we have never lost our faith in the Romanian legal system. This lawsuit is first of all, a matter of honor for my family and one which I have continued on behalf of my father, His Royal Highness Prince Carol Mircea of Romania", His Royal Highness Prince Paul of Romania said.
The representatives of the Royal Family said that His Royal Highness Prince Paul will claim his fortune, but this does not represent a priority: "First of all, there will be an official acknowledgement, and he will then be
