Royal Profile: Irina Walker
Irina Walker, previously Princess Irina of Romania, was born 28 February 1953 as the third daughter of King Mihai & Queen Anne {Source}. She has the following sisters, brother-in-laws, nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews{Source}:
The young princess was educated in Switzerland and the UK{Source}. She studied Secretariat (a horse) in Oxford and London {Source}. In 1973, at the invitation of Lord and Lady Gordon, Princess Irina joined the administration thoroughbred horse farm in Alberta, Canada, where he perfected the principles of animal husbandry and farm management{Source}. After that, she moved to the United States, where she worked at a Welsh pony farm in Middleburg, Virginia, USA{Source}. In the late 1970s, she returned to Switzerland, where she spent a year working for the auction house, Christie's in the silverware department, before moving on to sales {Source}.
In 1983, she married a Swedish man John Kreuger{Source}. It was then that Princess Irnina moved back to the United States, where the couple settled on his estate in Oregon{Source}. Together, they have two children, two children-in-law and three grandchildren{Source}:
She and her first husband divorced in 2003. She remarried in Las Vegas in 2003 to John W. Walker{Source}.
In 2013, she and her husband were arrested for being part of an illegal cockfighting ring, being charged also for operating an illegal gambling business on their ranch near Irrigon, Oregon{Source}. A year after this incident her father striped her of her titles and her and her children and grandchildren's rights to the defunct Romanian throne {Source}. However, she and her children and two of her grandchildren are still in succession for the British throne.
- Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (1949)
- Radu, Prince of Romania (1960, m. 1996)
- Princess Elena of Romania
- Dr. Leslie Robin Medforth-Mills (m 1983, div. 1991, b 1942, d. 2002)
- Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills(1985)
- Aliana-Maria Binder (civil 2017, religious in 2018)
- Elisabeta Karina de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (1989)
- Princess Sophie of Romania (1957)
- Alain Biarneix (m. 1998, div 2002)
- Elisabeth-Maria de Roumanie Biarneix (1998)
- Princess Maria of Romania (1964)
- Kazimierz Wieslaw Mystkowsk (m 1995, div 2002)
The young princess was educated in Switzerland and the UK{Source}. She studied Secretariat (a horse) in Oxford and London {Source}. In 1973, at the invitation of Lord and Lady Gordon, Princess Irina joined the administration thoroughbred horse farm in Alberta, Canada, where he perfected the principles of animal husbandry and farm management{Source}. After that, she moved to the United States, where she worked at a Welsh pony farm in Middleburg, Virginia, USA{Source}. In the late 1970s, she returned to Switzerland, where she spent a year working for the auction house, Christie's in the silverware department, before moving on to sales {Source}.
In 1983, she married a Swedish man John Kreuger{Source}. It was then that Princess Irnina moved back to the United States, where the couple settled on his estate in Oregon{Source}. Together, they have two children, two children-in-law and three grandchildren{Source}:
- Michael Torsten de Roumanie Kreuger (1985)
- Tara Littlefeld (m. 2011)
- Kohen de Roumanie Kreuger (2012)
- Angelica Margaretta Bianca de Roumanie Kreuger Knight (1986)
- Richard Robert Knight (m 2009)
- Courtney Bianca Knight (2007)
- Diana Knight (2011)
She and her first husband divorced in 2003. She remarried in Las Vegas in 2003 to John W. Walker{Source}.
In 2013, she and her husband were arrested for being part of an illegal cockfighting ring, being charged also for operating an illegal gambling business on their ranch near Irrigon, Oregon{Source}. A year after this incident her father striped her of her titles and her and her children and grandchildren's rights to the defunct Romanian throne {Source}. However, she and her children and two of her grandchildren are still in succession for the British throne.
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