Prince Paul will request the opening of the succession, following the ruling issued by the Romanian court last week, by which Carol Mircea Grigore, father to Prince Paul, was acknowledged as first legitimate son and rightful heir of Carol the Second, as sources close to Prince Paul told us. They said that it is not out of question that Prince Paul would ask his uncle King Mihai to take a DNA test (which contains deoxyribonucleic acid).
On the other hand, it would seem it was not the first request of this type made by the family of Prince Paul, as the quoted sources said.
On the other hand. The Royal House does not acknowledge the decision of the High Court which established the belonging of Carol Mircea Grigore to the Royal Family.
Last week, in a press release, the Romanian Royal House said that the decision "does not create any dynastic right, nor does it establish the belonging of the individual in question, Mircea Grigore Lambrino, nowadays deceased, to the Royal Family. This is also valid for its descendents, regardless of who they may be, and in his position as Head of the Romanian Royal Family, His Majesty King Mihai I is the only one who can decide on dynastic matters".
Prince Paul can not request the making of such a paternity test, because such a test can only be requested by the parents of the person in question, in this case those of King Mihai, lawyer Gheorghe Piperea considers: "Even if it were found that the DNA of his majesty King Mihai does not match that of Carol the IInd, that would have no effect at all, neither from a monarchic point of view, nor in terms of assets, because things of a civic nature have been set up for a long time, and as for the monarchic aspect, ties don't necessarily have to be blood ties; what matters is that King Mihai is recognized as such all over Europe".
* The marriage between Carol the IIn
