![]() ![]() He speaks with an unplaceable pan-European accent and seems ready to be amused by nearly everything - with one exception. Kalnoky, who is tall, urbane and fluent in five languages, was raised in exile in Paris, where his family resided after Communists took over Romania. ![]() The guesthouse is far from the most luxurious, but it offers this singular distinction: For about $200 a night, meals included, commoners are graciously welcomed. ![]() He bestrides a real estate empire worth $25 billion, according to Forbes, a portfolio that includes 56 cottages, 12 homes and seven palaces. That is only the most famous of the king’s residences. On Saturday, the English monarch will be crowned with all the bunting and pageantry that has made the British royal family peerless masters in the fine art of pomp, with festivities that begin with a processional from Buckingham Palace. It’s the royal treatment, King Charles-style. The only contemporary touches are electric kettles, radiators and bottled water. It will open the door to one of seven rooms, all of which look as though they were furnished with a Romanian edition of House Beautiful, circa 1740. Check-ins are handled in the communal dining room and den where a woman, who is the cook, hands over an antique key. ![]() There isn’t a front desk or even a lobby at the Prince of Wales Guesthouse, a trio of rustic buildings beside a 350-year-old village in Zalán Valley in Transylvania. ![]()
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