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May 2023
8m 52s

Last King of Bulgaria

Bbc World Service
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In June 2001, more than half a century after being driven into exile by communists, Bulgaria’s former King Simeon II made a dramatic comeback by winning the country’s parliamentary election.

In 2018, Farhana Haider spoke to Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha about his remarkable journey from child king to prime minister.

(Photo: Former King Simeon II of Bulgaria. Credit: Luc Castel/Getty Images)

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