Honor guard soldiers carry a cross bearing the words “Elena The Queen” during the ceremony for the repatriation of the remains of Helen of Greece and Denmark, Romania's Queen Mother at the Henri Coanda Airport outside Bucharest, Romania, Friday, October 18, 2019, The remains of Romania's Queen Mother, Helen of Greece and Denmark, the mother of late King Michael I, who was awarded the Righteous Among Nations honorific by the state of Israel for her contribution to saving Jews during WWII, were returned for burial in Romania from Lausanne, Switzerland, where she passed away in 1982 at the age of 86. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)
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