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Lastly, Her Majesty replied to a question as to whether her unmarried daughter, Princess Ileana, might espouse a U. S. citizen...
...Ileana," said Her Majesty crisply, "will probably not marry for a year at least, nor will her brother Nicholas. . . . Ileana liked the way American boys danced and conducted themselves. She liked their great deference and reverence toward womankind, too. I would have no objection to her marrying a nice young American, if she really loved him and I thought they would get along well together...
...death of Ferdinand, a smart cavalcade of the Household Cavalry trotted through Bucharest as the advance guard of a procession. Came the Prefect of Police, then the Marshal of the Court. Came finally a State carriage, in which sat the young king between two royal ladies: 1) Princess Ileana (Michael's aunt) who rode in the procession because her mother, now only "Dowager Queen Marie," was "prostrate with grief"; 2) Princess Helene of Greece and Rumania (Michael's mother) who would now be queen had not her husband, onetime Crown Prince Carol, renounced and abdicated his rights (TIME...
...therefore was willed a legacy in cash and securities. The Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania will receive an income and the use of several palaces during life;" but the residual bulk of the king's fortune and estates was willed chiefly to King Michael? ($30,000,000), Princess Ileana and Prince Nicholas...
...engagement of Princess Ileana of Rumania, 17, to Crown Prince Umberto of Italy was reported by the Associated Press "on high authority." Premier Averescu was quoted as having said to a close friend: "I didn't get much from Italy (last September) except a throne for a Princess of Rumania...