It is in Madrid, her hometown, that Queen Margarita has just celebrated her 90th birthday, surrounded by her family. His two sons, Kubrat and Konstantin from Bulgaria, were present for the occasion. The first, Prince of Panagyurishté, was accompanied by his wife Carla and their sons Mirko, Lukas and Tirso. The second, Prince of Vidin, joined the party with his children Sofia and Umberto.
Miriam of Jordan was also able to respond to the invitation of her former mother-in-law with Boris and Beltrán, sons she had from her first marriage to Prince Kardam of Bulgaria. In 2022, seven years after the death of her husband, Miriam became a member of the royal family of Jordan by marrying Prince Ghazi, cousin of King Abdullah II.
In a large room of their Madrid home, King Siméon and Queen Margarita immortalized these reunions by posing in front of portraits of the ancestors of the Bulgarian royal family, including that of Philippe d’Orléans and that of Princess Palatine.
Despite the absence of her two other children, Prince Kyril and Princess Kalina, Queen Margarita was delighted with this moment. If the royal family of Bulgaria has always been proud of the extraordinary career of Simeon II, who became king at six years old and prime minister of his country from 2001 to 2005, they also show a lot of admiration for Margarita of Bulgaria.
Daughter of the Marquises of Cortina, Margarita Gomez-Acebo was orphaned at one year old when the Republicans, at the very beginning of the civil war, assassinated her parents. Since the marriage of her cousin Juan Gomez-Acebo to Infanta Pilar, she has been related to the Spanish royal family. And by marrying Siméon of Bulgaria, on January 21, 1963, in Vevey, she became the best support of this king in exile whose hope was to return to his native land and serve his country.
