(25 Oct 2011)
Bucharest, Romania - 25 October, 2011
1. Wide exterior of Romanian parliament
2. Wide of interior door in the parliament building
3. Pan of deputies and senators standing
4. Wide of Romania's former King Michael I in parliament
5. Mid of attending officials
6. Empty seats where members of government usually sit (government ministers and President Traian Basescu refused to attend the address)
7. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Michael I, former Romanian King:
"Politics is like a double edged sword - on one hand it is a guarantee for the democracy and liberty if we use it in respect of the laws and legal institutions, on the other hand it is destructive if it is used against the law and in personal interest and against the people."
8. Mid of people applauding
9. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Michael I, former Romanian King:
"After 20 years of democracy, the old people and the sick ones have to live through subhuman situations."
10. Emblem of parliament
11. Audience applauding in balcony with Romanian flags
12. Wide of the main hall
FILE: London, UK - 1995
13. Former king Michael's speech to Romanian expatriates at ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael of Romania, former king of Romania:
"Some British newspapers referred to me as one of the few links with the past. As the only head of state and commander in chief who had the unique privilege to guard the destiny of my country during those terrible war years."
FILE: Eastern Front - 1941
15. Various of King Michael I during his reign on the Eastern Front, WWII
FILE: Sinaia, Romania - During WWII, exact date unknown
16. Various of King Michael I testing an APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) in his palace garden
FILE: Moscow, Russia - 1945 (exact date unknown)
17. Various of official ceremony where King Michael I was given the Order of Victory medal by the Russians, the highest Russian World War II medal, for his services during WWII
STORYLINE:
Romania's former King Michael I addressed parliament for the first time in 65 years on Tuesday, calling for more democracy in the country.
Speaking on his 90th birthday, Michael was applauded by hundreds of lawmakers, a few of whom responded with shouts of "Long live the king!"
Not every seat was filled though, as government ministers and President Traian Basescu refused to attend the address.
Michael, who initially ruled from 1927 to 1930, called for "faith in democracy, in the role and rules of institutions."
He returned to the throne from 1940 to 1947, but abdicated and began a life of exile in Britain and Switzerland.
He was stripped of his citizenship on abdication, but it was restored in 1997.
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