Bulgaria's ruling party, headed by former king-turned-prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, has discussed prospects for bringing back monarchy, which was abolished by the 1946 referendum.

In one way or another Simeon II National Movement has discussed the issue of holding a referendum on monarchy restoration but it is not on the agenda now, Environment Minister and deputy chairman of the ruling party Dolores Arsenova, said Thursday.

The report followed earlier statements of Sports Minister Vassil Ivanov who recently backed the idea while talking to private bTV channel.

Simeon II ascended Bulgaria's thrown at the age of six after the death of his father Boris III. He was overseen by a three-man regency comprising Boris' brother Prince Cyril, former war minister Lieutenant-General Nikolai Michov, and former premier Bogdan Filov.

After Bulgaria quit the Axis Powers and was overrun by the Soviet Red Army, the regents were arrested, and on February 2, 1945, all three were executed as enemies of the state and as collaborators with the Germans.

A second regency was established, but on September 8, 1946, the monarchy was voted out of existence, and Simeon and his mother, Queen Ioanna, went into exile.

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