Carol II of Romania
Carol II (15 October 1893 [O.S. 3 October 1893] - 4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. He was the eldest son of Ferdinand I and became crown prince after his grandfather, King Carol I, died in 1914. He was the first of the Romanian Hohenzollern kings to be born in the country; his predecessors were both born in Germany and came to Romania as adults. As such, he was the first member of the Hohenzollerns' Romanian branch to speak Romanian as his first language, as well as the first member of the royal family to be raised in the Orthodox faith.
Carol II now appears as a character [as Prince Carol] in the final episode of Mr Selfridge's third season, where he is played in a cameo by British actor Anton Blake. Carol is also credited with inspiring the character Prince Charles of Carpathia in the 1953 play The Sleeping Prince and the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl. "Ex-King Carol Weds Lupescu" made the front page, alongside an article about a crashed flying saucer in Roswell, New Mexico.
Carol can lead a royal dictatorship in the 2016 World War II grand strategy video game Hearts of Iron IV's Death or Dishonor expansion. Along with his mistress, he appears as an antagonist in the 2019 film Marie, Queen of Romania.
