2024-05-31 12:06:24
Ferdinand’s most favourite place was “Vrana”. Yavor Kirilov – the non-public secretary of Simeon the Second, the grandson of Tsar Ferdinand and former prime minister of Bulgaria – informed NOVA.
76 years after his dying, the mortal stays of King Ferdinand have been transferred from the German metropolis of Coburg to Bulgaria. In line with historians, this was his final will. Till November 10, 1989, such an act was inconceivable, nevertheless it turned out that even after the democratic modifications within the nation, such a call is just not simply taken. The final 35 years are proof of that. Why have been the mortal stays of King Ferdinand buried in our nation simply now?
“That is an act that goes past the boundaries of the Saxe-Coburg household. The Bulgarian king Ferdinand is likely one of the longest-reigning monarchs in our total historical past. That is the person who took Bulgaria out of the 14th century and introduced it into the nineteenth century somewhat by pressure. As a result of after the Liberation, Bulgaria was a muddy Ottoman province with out developed infrastructure. He did a lot for our nation that the burial of the mortal stays of King Ferdinand can’t be thought of solely in a household side. The state was the chief and it helped. He despatched a navy airplane and the guard unit, which was created by Tsar Ferdinand,” Kirilov defined.
In line with him, that is the third try to bury the mortal stays of King Ferdinand in our nation. “On the coronary heart of this act was, in fact, Simeon of Saxe-Coburg, who had the ultimate say. As a result of the household in Germany, the opposite a part of the household, and the folks themselves in Germany – didn’t need this to occur. They mentioned: “Do you keep in mind what occurred to the physique of Tsar Boris? Have you ever looked for the physique of Tsar Boris to this present day? Have you ever looked for the physique of Tsar Boris? Are we certain that this won’t occur once more with the physique of Tsar Ferdinand?” That was years in the past. Now everybody is aware of that the circumstances in Europe and Bulgaria are completely different – we now have permission,” he mentioned.
“The worst factor on this case is that for 76 years a Christian remained unburied to be able to fulfill his final want – to be buried in his beloved Bulgaria. Now’s the time for this to occur,” Kirilov emphasised.
And he added that Ferdinand’s most favourite place was “Vrana”. “When he leaves Bulgaria for the final time, what he does is to stroll silently across the park and the “Vrana” palace. Realizing that the Crow Park was created by him… from the mud… from nothing. It was his most favourite place. It was the place his coronary heart was, so it was solely proper that he ought to relaxation there. And particularly now that the mortal stays of Prince Kardam are in “Vrana”, this was one thing fully regular – for his grandfather to lie subsequent to him”, mentioned the non-public secretary of Simeon of Saxe-Coburg.