Word: caraiman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Silver Spoon. In Germany's drowsy Munich last week Carol stepped off the Paris express, taxied to the flying field. He was still officially "M. Carol Caraiman," for he renounced even his family name of Hohenzollern when he abdicated as Crown Prince (TIME, Jan. n, 1926). His father King Ferdinand was then alive. His mother Queen Marie had yet to make her U. S. tour. Not until venerable King Ferdinand died 17 months later was Carol's bonny five-year-old son proclaimed King Mihai (TIME, Aug. 1, 1927). As he waited at the bleak Munich airdrome last week Carol...
...first scheduled stop was made at Cluj in Transylvania. In a general's uniform "M. Caraiman" tested out popular sentiment, was "well though not wildly cheered. It was announced that Carol "insisted" upon flying "on to Bucharest," although this would be "dangerous" as "darkness" was approaching. At this point the building up of legend, which surrounds every King and is part of his royal armor, began...
...Carol's regiment, the 1st Hussars, fired a royal salute to him who was still "M. Caraiman." Legend had it that he spent the rest of the night drinking and gambling with Prince Nicholas and brother officers?this being the sort of conduct expected and approved by Rumanians in the case of an officer, gentleman or King of spirit...
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