She was the first Bulgarian to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964, although she then represented West Germany.
Her father was an official of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria and she reported that she was raised a monarchist.
[2] After the regime change in the end of World War II, some of her relatives were sent to the Belene concentration camp or sentenced to death by the People's Court.
In 2001, she became one of the founders of the NDSV political party led by the former Bulgarian Tsar Simeon Sakskoburggotski.
She had explained that action with her monarchist convictions (which she states were the reason for her to leave Bulgaria during Communist rule) and with her belief in the personal integrity of Tsar Simeon II, whom she referred to as "the tsar" and described as "pure" and an "icon" with a unique aura.