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...imminent marriage in Bucharest of Princess Ileana of Rumania and Prince Anton von Habsburg, the bride's sister-in-law, Queen Helen of Rumania would be obliged to 1) appear with her eccentric, unfaithful husband King Carol, or 2) hide away. Last week she avoided both embarrassments by going to the home of her mother, onetime Dowager Queen Sophie of Greece, at Ascot, England. In October she will return to Bucharest for her son, Prince Mihai's tenth birthday...
Pressure by Courtesan Magda to oust Queen Helen (not merely from power but physically from Rumania) has been merciless for months. Not long ago an English friend of the hard-pressed Queen received word from her that "surrender seems inevitable." Last week Bucharest buzzed with the rumored terms of surrender: Queen Helen was said to have demanded a capital sum which would yield $40,000 in annual interest. His Majesty was said to be beating Her Majesty down, offering "$40,000 a year guaranteed by the Rumanian Government"?a totally different thing...
...means rich is the mother of King Carol's private secretary. But last week this good woman bought a palace in Bucharest for $65,000. It is intended, affirmed rumor, for Courtesan Magda. No lover of stuffy boudoirs, this healthy, active woman, daughter of a Jewish junkman named Wolff, who became Carol's mistress in 1919. is happiest in the out-of-doors. Therefore a small army of laborers was promptly put to work at altering the palace, re-landscaping its handsome park...
With a pair of aides-de-camp, King Carol descended upon the police stations of Bucharest. First station visited was locked. After knocking many times H. M. was answered by a gruff voice: "What the hell do you want? Wait your turn!" The aides assisted His Majesty in kicking in the door, discovered the chief of the station house "questioning" an alleged pickpocket by stringing him up by the thumbs. The prisoner, quickly cut down, earnestly announced himself a lifelong follower of King Carol...
...million lei is roughly $12,000. At this price the funeral was dirt cheap- consisting as it did of three special railway trains with dining cars attached and an entire series of funeral services, one at each city en route with final honors at Bucharest...