Posted on 07/18/2004 8:02:45 PM PDT by nuconvert
Queen Susan of Albania
TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Queen Susan, the wife of the self-proclaimed heir to Albania's throne, died of lung cancer Saturday, said a spokesman for the royal family. She was 63.
She was born in Australia as Susan Cullen-Ward.
In 1975, she married Leka Zog, the only son of the late King Ahmet Zog.
The royal family lived in exile after fleeing Albania in 1939 when Italy's fascist regime occupied the country. The family returned in June 2002 after 74 members of parliament invited it back. The king died in Paris in 1961.
Albania's communist rulers abolished the monarchy in 1946, but even in exile, the royal family insisted that Leka Zog - who calls himself King Leka Zog I and called Susan his queen - was Albania's legitimate ruler.
Could this be the end of The House of Zog?
I didn't even know she was sick....
I didn't even know she was, or he was, either, whatever they were--and if you're lucky enough to live in Australia as a good bloke instead of Albania as a prince or pauper, one would be wise to stay in Australia or someplace like it.
Oh why, why why are all the great ones going?
I didn't even know Albania had a Queen. Live and learn.
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