Michael (inset left), who ruled Romania twice before being forced to abdicate by the communists in 1947, died aged 96 in Switzerland this month. Prince Charles, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and Spain's former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, were among the royals at the funeral service at the Royal Palace in Bucharest where Michael's body had been laying in state for the past two days. Among non-European royals attending the funeral was Princess Muna al-Hussein, mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan. Pictured bottom right: Tens of thousands of mourners gather to pay their respects. Bottom left: Princess Margaret of Hohenzollern, Michael's daughter, touches his coffin, at the former Royal Palace.
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