First of all, I am grateful. This is about the history of Bulgaria. I thank the Lord that I have lived this moment. They are terrible emotions. What doesn't go through my mind at such moments?
HRH Simeon of Saxe-Coburg said this emotionally to journalists, who welcomed the mortal remains of his grandfather King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria in the "Vrana" Palace near the Bulgarian capital Sofia, reported BGNES.
"This act shows that we respect our past, recognize it and respect it. I think it should be here - in the family crypt," HRH Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha added.
He expressed the deep hope that the return of the remains of King Ferdinand would be a symbol of the unity of the Bulgarian nation. "Give it, God! This is a signal to our present, especially to look to the future. If we have no idea about the past, we cannot expect much about the future," declared HRH Simeon of Saxe-Coburg.
The former Bulgarian Prime Minister and Tsar Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha declared that he accepted the idea of BGNES in Sofia to name a boulevard after Tsar Ferdinand, given the monarch's merits for the modernization and Europeanization of Bulgaria and, in particular, of its capital.
Some of the most beautiful buildings in Sofia were built during his 31-year reign from 1887-1918. /BGNES
