tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post8165275737493578241..comments2024-01-19T07:18:48.331-08:00Comments on Commander Kelly: My Great Grandfather, Queen Marie and the Maryhill MuseumCommander Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602902461964252463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post-1090824646558309582017-03-04T03:16:04.777-08:002017-03-04T03:16:04.777-08:00Albert,
Thanks very much for your thoughtful comm...Albert,<br /><br />Thanks very much for your thoughtful comment. An "old fogie" like me will have to pick up a copy of the Honorary Consul!<br /><br />CKCommander Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602902461964252463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post-42862237813149755702017-03-03T17:59:43.202-08:002017-03-03T17:59:43.202-08:00>> It must have been unusual and somewhat ir...>> <i>It must have been unusual and somewhat irregular for an American to serve as a Romanian diplomat.</i><br /><br />Is it so unusual for a national domiciled in their own country to be an "Honorary consul" for another country? I wouldn't think so and a little research reveals that even the US accepts their credentials albeit with rules as to their functions. In the case of Romania in the first half of the twentieth century the job could have been quite arduous in NYC given that there would have been merchant sailors etc from Romania getting into trouble when out on a spree or migrants needing papers issued or certified. <br /><br />Here in Australia some prominent people with quite tenuous connections to a small country (such as Monaco or Fiji) would wangle a HC gig in days past. The theory being DC plates conferred some immunity in regard to parking tickets etc. But I think this has been tightened up even here.<br /><br />Grahame Greene's 70s spy novel "The Honorary Consul" is worth a read. An old fogie :-) like you would probably enjoy it.Albert Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872588387691003792noreply@blogger.com