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Marie, Queen of Jugoslavia, daughter of Marie of Rumania, gave her opinion last week of the abdicated Crown Prince Carol of Rumania, her brother, who resides at Paris with his mistress while his onetime morganatic wife strives to establish the legitimacy of their child; and his consort, Princess Helene of Greece, lives with his legitimate son Crown Prince Michel at Bucharest...
Anti-Climax. An entire wagonlit full of correspondents who had accompanied the Queen from Paris were vexed by the necessity of reporting that King Ferdinand, who waited on the platform to greet his royal consort, seemed a trifle pale but by no means at Death's door. The correspondents had come in hopes of witnessing...
...German Empress Augusta Victoria in 1909 as she congratulated him on the 61st anniversary of his ascension to the thrones of Austria-Hungary. He died in 1916, never knew defeat. Her death at Doom (1921) was hastened by the fear that the Allies would "Hang The Kaiser!" her consort...
...Marie's oldest son, the abdicated Crown Prince Carol of Rumania, was defended last week in Paris by potent Socialist barrister Paul Boncour against Mme. Zizi Lambrino, his former morganatic wife (TIME, March 15, 22), who began suit to establish the legitimacy of their son Mircea. By his consort, Princess Helene of Greece, Carol had subsequently another son, Prince Michel, now aged five, and heir apparent to the Rumanian throne...
...Bill: 1) Takes no account of the sums already realized by the Hohenzollerns through their sale of what might well be considered public art treasures from their palaces; 2) Grants to Wilhelm II and his consort for life the castle of Homburg "should they eventually return to Germany"; 3) Does not stipulate, as was at first proposed, that the money granted to the Hohenzollerns be granted on condition that it should never be used for political purposes...