Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha’s secretariat published a rebuttal on its website regarding information about Bulgaria’s claims to Russia for tons of gold. Here is the official announcement:
We remind you that we recently informed about an article published in the Russian edition “Arguments and Facts”, concerning Bulgaria’s claim to the Russian Federation for tons of gold, where the name of Tsar Simeon II is also involved. In this regard, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha’s secretariat issued a rebuttal to its false allegations.
“This is another lie, which rather has the character of fake news fabricated in Bulgaria,” said in an official rebuttal the secretariat of His Majesty Tsar Simeon II on the occasion of the article in the Russian edition “Arguments and Facts”, which talks about possible claims of Bulgaria to the Russian Federation for tons of gold, in which his name is involved.
The article on the Russian website linked the name of Tsar Simeon II (Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) to the lawsuit he filed in Strasbourg over the ownership of his property and possible claims for more than 20 tons of gold and 50 tons of silver that went to Russia more than half a century ago.
Here is the full text of the rebuttal of the secretariat of Simeon II:
“In connection with the article published in the Russian edition” Arguments and Facts “and republished in a number of Bulgarian media, concerning Bulgaria’s claim to the Russian Federation for tons of gold, where the name of Tsar Simeon II is involved, we are forced to issue a rebuttal once again of the false statements in it.
– The article in question claims that His Majesty was a US citizen. The king never had any citizenship other than Bulgarian. This has been checked many times in connection with previous false publications on the subject.
– The case before the Court of Human Rights, which His Majesty was forced to file in order to protect his property from unlawful encroachment, is entirely focused on the illegal moratorium and property ownership. There the word gold is not even mentioned.
– The article writes about some foreign debt of Tsar Simeon II. What this debt is, it is not clear, but this is another lie, which rather has the character of fake news, fabricated in Bulgaria.
– The article creates the illusion that the communist government compensated the Royal Family with funds after the confiscation of their property in 1946. and these debts were paid with the gold in question, which was the property of the King. It is hard to believe that anyone is really claiming that the Royal Family had 22 tons of gold and 50 tons of silver. The only compensation the Royal Family receives for the stolen property is a total of $ 800 ($ 200 per person).
– As far as we know, Bulgaria has not claimed gold and silver to be returned by the Russian Federation. There is a claim for the archives that the USSR stole from Bulgaria in the years after 1944 – the Tsar’s personal and state archives and which Russia today refuses to return.
In fact, during the communist regime, the State Gold Reserve was exported from Bulgaria to the USSR in order to repay the Bulgarian “debt” to the USSR.
Intentionally or out of ignorance, many lies and manipulations are common. It is inadmissible for serious media to republish such articles without first checking all the basic facts. “
