 On 15 July 2010, Radu obtained a Statement in Open Court from Marco Houston, editor of "Royalty Magazine", acknowledging that all the accusations were untrue, that Radu was never a member or collaborator of the "Securitate", and that this should never have been published.The statement also confirmed that the Collegium of the National Council for the Study of the "Securitate" Archives has found Prince Radu did not support in any way the "Securitate".On 1 January 1999, Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, granted Radu an "ad personam" title of "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" (German