Editing Michael I of Romania (section)

=== Health issues ===
On 2 March 2016, the Royal Council announced King Michael's retirement from public life;<ref>{{cite web|author=Nume * |url=https://radioromaniacultural.ro/30-decembrie-1947-regele-mihai-i-al-romaniei-este-fortat-sa-abdice/ |title=30 decembrie 1947 – Regele Mihai I al României este forțat să abdice &#124; Radio România Cultural |publisher=Radioromaniacultural.ro |date=23 August 1944 |access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/conferinte/articol/declaratia-consiliului-regal-2-martie-2016 |title=Declarația Consiliului Regal, 2 martie 2016 |work=Romanian Royal Family |date=2 March 2016 |access-date=2 March 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303080752/http://www.familiaregala.ro/conferinte/articol/declaratia-consiliului-regal-2-martie-2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with tasks assumed by Crown Princess [[Margareta of Romania|Margareta]], his daughter. After surgery, Michael was diagnosed with chronic [[leukemia]] and metastatic [[squamous-cell carcinoma|epidermoid carcinoma]] and faced a complex and lengthy treatment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gandul.info/stiri/grav-bolnav-regele-mihai-se-retrage-din-viata-publica-15094256 |title=Grav bolnav, Regele Mihai SE RETRAGE din viaţa publică |work=Gândul |author=Andrei Luca Popescu |date=2 March 2016}}</ref>

In June 2017, the Royal House stated in a press release that "His Majesty's health is fragile but stable. King Michael is quiet, has soulful appreciation and appreciates the care of his medical team. Along with the King, they are permanently employed by His Majesty's House, detached in Switzerland, and two Orthodox nuns."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.europafm.ro/casa-regala-starea-de-sanatate-a-regelui-mihai-este-fragila-dar-stabila/ | title=Casa Regală: Starea de sănătate a Regelui Mihai este fragilă, dar stabilă | date=27 June 2017 }}</ref>

At the end of August 2017, the Royal House announced that King Michael was "in a fragile but balanced state, and has a good mood," stating that [[Princess Elena of Romania|Princess Elena]] had completed a visit to Switzerland for a few days to see her father, at the private residence. According to the Royal House, Michael remained "daily under close supervision of physicians, medical staff of various specialties, and in the presence of devoted members of the staff of His Majesty's House, stationed in Switzerland." Two Orthodox nuns, detached from the Romanian Orthodox Church, remained at the private residence.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nume * |url=https://radioromaniacultural.ro/portret-regele-mihai-i-implineste-96-de-ani/ |title=PORTRET: Regele Mihai I împlineşte 96 de ani. &#124; Radio România Cultural |publisher=Radioromaniacultural.ro |access-date=5 December 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026122757/https://radioromaniacultural.ro/portret-regele-mihai-i-implineste-96-de-ani/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>