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Last summer, he seemed at last to have found what he was looking for when he married Charlotte Tiedemann, a plump, blonde Lieder-singer from Germany. But the new Duchess of Segovia also seemed to have given the duke new dynastic ambitions...
...monarchy, Don Jaime let it be known that he was ready to reconsider his renunciation of the throne and "take up his responsibilities if called upon." Apart from the minor difficulty that few Spaniards were particularly interested in having Don Jaime as their king, there was another hurdle: the duchess was a commoner. To overcome this obstacle, the duchess made a beautiful decision...
Last week Duchess Charlotte called a press conference in Paris' Hotel Crillon. Happily, one Guido Orlando-an itinerant Italian pressagent (U.S.-naturalized) who lists Aimee Semple McPherson, Huey Long and Rudolph Valentino among his onetime clients-was on hand. "Don't be embarrassed, duchess," he murmured, "go right ahead and tell the boys...
...duchess declared that she was ready to bow out of her marriage-she would not want to be an obstacle to her husband. Furthermore, she said, "I should probably be snobbed by the nobility, or anything might happen, mightn...
...Will Get Over It." One of the newspaper boys wondered whether Francisco Franco had had anything to say about her move. "No, gentlemen," warned Guido. "Don't ask the duchess any political questions about her startling renunciation. She is a woman-a very beautiful, courageous woman. She is not a politician." Where was Don Jaime, another newsman wanted to know. "Out shopping," answered the duchess. "Yes," she sighed, "the duke will be unhappy when I tell him what I intend to do, but he will get over...